From kweller at asapwebsoft.com  Fri Oct  1 00:02:07 2010
From: kweller at asapwebsoft.com (Kevin Weller)
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 22:02:07 -0600
Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] Meteor Open Source Release
Message-ID: <AANLkTi=+o9Q5h_viB1h8E-k0WkHkidovNwNeCoV1kBCX@mail.gmail.com>

Greetings fellow Rubyists!  We'd like to introduce an open source project
and invite participation and feedback from interested folks...

* *

*What*



Meteor is a stateless widget framework for Ruby on Rails released under the
MIT License.



* *

*Why*



Meteor supports the construction of complex UI widgets that:

   - Can be reused in multiple applications;
   - Can be ?parameterized? via metadata or ?specifications?;
   - Offer extension points to override default behavior;
   - Can be simply and easily distributed, installed, and rendered.



Meteor is a low overhead framework to DRY out your partials.  Some existing
widgets include:

   - A menu system that can be embedded anywhere (but most usefully in
   application layout templates);
   - Hierarchical collapsible form builders driven by model relationships
   and attributes;
   - A remote content proxy for white-labeling application functionality
   with third-party styling, headers, footers, etc.

* *

*How*



The Meteor framework installs as a Rails plugin.  Widgets also install as
plugins.  Meteor contains generators that allow anyone to construct their
own widget plugins.  Once a widget is installed, it can be rendered via a
one-liner.



Starting from scratch, you can be rendering an existing meteor widget in
your application in two minutes.



Meteor uses core Ruby and Rails building blocks:  classes, ERB templates,
and plugins.  A widget requires a minimum of two files:  a ruby
?specification? class and a default partial.  The rest of the required
infrastructure is unfurled via rails generators.



Blog posts and documentation describing the above is available (see *Where*
below).



* *

*Who*



Meteor has been a collaboration between Bret Weinraub, Tyler Lesmann, and
Kevin Weller.

* *

We all work for Aura Software, but Meteor is open source.  We hope to get
feedback and participation from the community.  As such, we plan on hosting
or otherwise participating in an existing hackfest at the
mountainrb.com<http://www.mountainrb.com/>
 conference.  Anyone interested in working with us on the framework or new
widgets should contact us *here* <meteor at aura-software.com> or
*here*<http://groups.google.com/group/meteor-plugin>
.



*Where*

* *

   - Github:  *http://github.com/bretweinraub/meteor*
   - Blog/Docs:  *
   http://www.aura-software.com/entries/4-about-the-meteor-plugin*
   - Widget catalog:  *
   http://meteor-catalog.aura-software.com/plugins/catalog*
   - Discussion group:  *http://groups.google.com/group/meteor-plugin*
   - Direct contact:  *meteor at aura-software.com* <meteor at aura-software.com>



Enjoy!
Kevin, Bret, and Tyler
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From kweller at asapwebsoft.com  Sat Oct  2 12:19:13 2010
From: kweller at asapwebsoft.com (Kevin Weller)
Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2010 10:19:13 -0600
Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] Meteor Open Source Release with Plain-Text URLs
Message-ID: <36737EA7-D24E-40AC-A639-7A0ECF08B0E8@ASAPWebSoft.com>

Looks like the plain-text version of my original announcement munged the URLs, so here it is again, explicitly as plain text....


Greetings fellow Rubyists!  We'd like to introduce an open source project
and invite participation and feedback from interested folks...


WHAT

Meteor is a stateless widget framework for Ruby on Rails released under the
MIT License.


WHY

Meteor supports the construction of complex UI widgets that:
  - Can be reused in multiple applications;
  - Can be ?parameterized? via metadata or ?specifications?;
  - Offer extension points to override default behavior;
  - Can be simply and easily distributed, installed, and rendered.

Meteor is a low overhead framework to DRY out your partials.  Some existing
widgets include:
  - A menu system that can be embedded anywhere (but most usefully in
  application layout templates);
  - Hierarchical collapsible form builders driven by model relationships
  and attributes;
  - A remote content proxy for white-labeling application functionality
  with third-party styling, headers, footers, etc.


HOW

The Meteor framework installs as a Rails plugin.  Widgets also install as
plugins.  Meteor contains generators that allow anyone to construct their
own widget plugins.  Once a widget is installed, it can be rendered via a
one-liner.

Starting from scratch, you can be rendering an existing meteor widget in
your application in two minutes.

Meteor uses core Ruby and Rails building blocks:  classes, ERB templates,
and plugins.  A widget requires a minimum of two files:  a ruby
?specification? class and a default partial.  The rest of the required
infrastructure is unfurled via rails generators.

Blog posts and documentation describing the above is available (see WHERE
below).


WHO

Meteor has been a collaboration between Bret Weinraub, Tyler Lesmann, and
Kevin Weller.

We all work for Aura Software, but Meteor is open source.  We hope to get
feedback and participation from the community.  As such, we plan on hosting
or otherwise participating in an existing hackfest at the
http://www.mountainrb.com conference.  Anyone interested in working with us on the framework or new
widgets should contact us at meteor at aura-software.com or
http://groups.google.com/group/meteor-plugin.


WHERE

  - Github:  http://github.com/bretweinraub/meteor
  - Blog/Docs:  http://www.aura-software.com/entries/4-about-the-meteor-plugin
  - Widget catalog:  http://meteor-catalog.aura-software.com/plugins/catalog
  - Discussion group:  http://groups.google.com/group/meteor-plugin
  - Direct contact:  meteor at aura-software.com


Enjoy!
Kevin, Bret, and Tyler

From mghaught at gmail.com  Mon Oct  4 23:14:47 2010
From: mghaught at gmail.com (Marty Haught)
Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2010 21:14:47 -0600
Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] mountain.rb Rails Quickstart Charity Workshop
Message-ID: <AANLkTi=SMP_QBXr1DdQ9bCkS7xWGyYGvmoeEVps8s2VB@mail.gmail.com>

Hey Everyone,

We're just a couple days away from mountain.rb and its sister charity
workshop.  We still have some room in the workshop for anyone wanting
to spend a day learning Ruby on Rails.  The installfest is tomorrow
night with the workshop on Wednesday.  If you know of anyone that
might be interested pass this along.  This is a steal of a deal to get
your feet wet with Rails.

http://mountainrb.com/workshop

Cheers,
Marty

From ben at benatkin.com  Tue Oct  5 00:40:27 2010
From: ben at benatkin.com (Ben Atkin)
Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2010 22:40:27 -0600
Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] mountain.rb Rails Quickstart Charity
	Workshop
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=SMP_QBXr1DdQ9bCkS7xWGyYGvmoeEVps8s2VB@mail.gmail.com>
References: <AANLkTi=SMP_QBXr1DdQ9bCkS7xWGyYGvmoeEVps8s2VB@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <AANLkTikedM7X5Ciw276Zghzc8rCGWaqx+RK3OioMYu-d@mail.gmail.com>

Do you need to be registered for the conference to attend the charity
workshop?

I'm registered for both. I'm just thinking of a couple of friends I'd like
to see learn rails.

Ben

On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 9:14 PM, Marty Haught <mghaught at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey Everyone,
>
> We're just a couple days away from mountain.rb and its sister charity
> workshop.  We still have some room in the workshop for anyone wanting
> to spend a day learning Ruby on Rails.  The installfest is tomorrow
> night with the workshop on Wednesday.  If you know of anyone that
> might be interested pass this along.  This is a steal of a deal to get
> your feet wet with Rails.
>
> http://mountainrb.com/workshop
>
> Cheers,
> Marty
>
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From mghaught at gmail.com  Tue Oct  5 09:53:50 2010
From: mghaught at gmail.com (Marty Haught)
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 07:53:50 -0600
Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] mountain.rb Rails Quickstart Charity
	Workshop
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikedM7X5Ciw276Zghzc8rCGWaqx+RK3OioMYu-d@mail.gmail.com>
References: <AANLkTi=SMP_QBXr1DdQ9bCkS7xWGyYGvmoeEVps8s2VB@mail.gmail.com>
	<AANLkTikedM7X5Ciw276Zghzc8rCGWaqx+RK3OioMYu-d@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <AANLkTikHjMWA9+zraEF8VPyPu43aitMhLxAG0sR_5Se5@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 10:40 PM, Ben Atkin <ben at benatkin.com> wrote:
> Do you need to be registered for the conference to attend the charity
> workshop?
> I'm registered for both. I'm just thinking of a couple of friends I'd like
> to see learn rails.

You don't have to be registered for the conference to attend the
workshop.  So go ahead and invite them out.

Cheers,
Marty

From mgehard at pivotallabs.com  Fri Oct 15 12:32:47 2010
From: mgehard at pivotallabs.com (Mike Gehard)
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 10:32:47 -0600
Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] Looking for speakers for weekly Tech Talk open
	to the community
Message-ID: <AANLkTimQ1Kz_ac-cNPt2Opu_ayFsQe=i-F3cRJOT3R=R@mail.gmail.com>

Good morning all,

Pivotal Labs Boulder is looking to start a weekly brown bag tech talk series
open to the public similar to what currently happens in our San Fran
office.

If you haven't checked out the videos, you can do so here:
http://pivotallabs.com/talks

In order to make this work, we need to line up some people to come to our
sweet Boulder office to give talks.  The talks will be taped and put up
alongside the San Fran talks at http://pivotallabs.com/talks for the world
to see.

If you are interested in giving a talk, it doesn't necessarily have to be
super technical in nature, about a topic related to web/software
development, please let me know.

Thanks,
Mike

-- 
Mike Gehard
Pivotal Labs Boulder
(970) 471-9835 | (303) 857-5980
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From mghaught at gmail.com  Mon Oct 18 18:25:39 2010
From: mghaught at gmail.com (Marty Haught)
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 16:25:39 -0600
Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] BRG - October Meeting - Oct 19th
Message-ID: <AANLkTi=gf69dVKkW2vkeysGvtKqJvCgsNXn3A+expRCr@mail.gmail.com>

Tomorrow is Boulder Ruby's October meeting.  We'll be meeting at 7pm
in Everlater's space (directions below). We have two interesting
presentations for October.  Gerred Dillon will present his talk
"Understanding Evented I/O". He will focus on evented I/O programming,
when and where it's used, and specify examples from both Node.JS and
EventMachine, two evented frameworks written in JavaScript and Ruby,
respectively.  Tony Arcieri will be covering Rev and Revactor,
approaches for using the actor pattern in Ruby.

Zencoder, http://zencoder.com, is generously sponsoring the meeting,
providing awesome local craft beer. Check them out if you need video
encoding for your application.

http://boulderruby.org/meetings/2010/08/19/october-2010/

Cheers,
Marty
http://boulderruby.org

Directions:
Gnip/Everlater
1601 Pearl St
Boulder, CO 80302

Use the Pearl St entrance and head upstairs. The door is just between
Foolish Craigs and Aji and to the east of the NE corner of 16th and
Pearl.

URL to google maps: http://bit.ly/bv4cvN

From prakblr at yahoo.com  Tue Oct 19 03:23:45 2010
From: prakblr at yahoo.com (Prakash N Murthy)
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:23:45 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] Regular(weekly) paired hacking sessions
Message-ID: <976143.47976.qm@web65413.mail.ac4.yahoo.com>

Hello Everyone,?

Hope everyone is still on a high from Mountain.rb!

I am wondering if more people are interested in having regular (weekly or more frequent) hack sessions in Boulder where they get the opportunity to pair with others. To assess the level of interest for such hack sessions, I have created a googledoc spreadsheet with some of my pairing needs; please add your pairing requirements/availability. ?
Note: The spreadsheet I created was inspired by the spreadsheet used for the hackfest at Thoughtbot. Do check out this spreadsheet as well for examples of pairing.

Looking forward to move this conversation forward at tomorrow's Boulder Ruby group meeting.?

Cheers,
Prakash N Murthy
http://twitter.com/_prakash


      
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From prakblr at yahoo.com  Tue Oct 19 11:13:33 2010
From: prakblr at yahoo.com (Prakash N Murthy)
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 08:13:33 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] Regular(weekly) paired hacking sessions
Message-ID: <164344.11885.qm@web65412.mail.ac4.yahoo.com>

:-) Thanks John.?
Here is the link for the?Regular Paired hacking in Boulder googledoc?that I created.?

Cheers,
Prakash?N?Murthy
http://twitter.com/_prakash

--- On?Tue, 10/19/10,?John Noble?<gaxunil at gmail.com>?wrote:

From: John Noble <gaxunil at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Boulder Ruby Group] Regular(weekly) paired hacking sessions
To: "Prakash N Murthy" <prakblr at yahoo.com>
Date: Tuesday, October 19, 2010, 8:33 AM

Hey Prakash, I think you included the same link to the Thoughbot page twice?The link to your doc looks like it opens the Thoughtbot spreadsheet...-John
John Noble
Software?Consulting | Web Development |?Technologist
O:?303-800-4494? M:?720-289-0275

On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 1:23 AM, Prakash N Murthy <prakblr at yahoo.com> wrote:

Hello Everyone,?

Hope everyone is still on a high from Mountain.rb!

I am wondering if more people are interested in having regular (weekly or more frequent) hack sessions in Boulder where they get the opportunity to pair with others. To assess the level of interest for such hack sessions, I have created a googledoc spreadsheet with some of my pairing needs; please add your pairing requirements/availability. ?

Note: The spreadsheet I created was inspired by the spreadsheet used for the hackfest at Thoughtbot. Do check out this spreadsheet as well for examples of
 pairing.

Looking forward to move this conversation forward at tomorrow's Boulder Ruby group meeting.?

Cheers,
Prakash N Murthy
http://twitter.com/_prakash



      
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From ndh at baroquebobcat.com  Tue Oct 19 11:46:00 2010
From: ndh at baroquebobcat.com (Nick Howard)
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 09:46:00 -0600
Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] Regular(weekly) paired hacking sessions
In-Reply-To: <164344.11885.qm@web65412.mail.ac4.yahoo.com>
References: <164344.11885.qm@web65412.mail.ac4.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <AANLkTikwRvHN2W7vzO7TpxoVCKgswrw-XFrL9LjBGKw5@mail.gmail.com>

That looks like fun.

On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 9:13 AM, Prakash N Murthy <prakblr at yahoo.com> wrote:

> :-) Thanks John.
>
> Here is the link for the *Regular Paired hacking in Boulder googledoc<https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AtYFUEcw5qR4dGNVLUhESm5nYlY2NDdwUjZHUFlBUlE&hl=en#gid=0>
> * that I created.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Prakash N Murthy
> http://twitter.com/_prakash
>
> --- On *Tue, 10/19/10, John Noble <gaxunil at gmail.com>* wrote:
>
>
> From: John Noble <gaxunil at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Boulder Ruby Group] Regular(weekly) paired hacking sessions
> To: "Prakash N Murthy" <prakblr at yahoo.com>
> Date: Tuesday, October 19, 2010, 8:33 AM
>
> Hey Prakash, I think you included the same link to the Thoughbot page
> twice?
> The link to your doc looks like it opens the Thoughtbot spreadsheet...
> -John
>
> John Noble
> Software Consulting | Web Development | Technologist
> O: 303-800-4494  M: 720-289-0275
>
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 1:23 AM, Prakash N Murthy <prakblr at yahoo.com>wrote:
>
> Hello Everyone,
>
> Hope everyone is still on a high from Mountain.rb!
>
> I am wondering if more people are interested in having regular (weekly or
> more frequent) hack sessions in Boulder where they get the opportunity to
> pair with others. To assess the level of interest for such hack sessions, I
> have created a *googledoc spreadsheet*<https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Agj6GdEGWrI5dDU3VDd1RlRidktjLUJDRG83cDhINlE&hl=en#gid=0>with some of my pairing needs; please add your pairing
> requirements/availability.
>
> Note: The spreadsheet I created was inspired by the* spreadsheet used for
> the hackfest at Thoughtbot<https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Agj6GdEGWrI5dDU3VDd1RlRidktjLUJDRG83cDhINlE&hl=en#gid=0>
> *. Do check out this spreadsheet as well for examples of pairing.
>
> Looking forward to move this conversation forward at tomorrow's Boulder
> Ruby group meeting.
>
> Cheers,
> Prakash N Murthy
> http://twitter.com/_prakash
>
>
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From joshua at opscode.com  Wed Oct 20 04:15:12 2010
From: joshua at opscode.com (Joshua Timberman)
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 02:15:12 -0600
Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] Chef and Knife (API Tool) webcast this week
Message-ID: <0031CA8E-69A4-4B82-B468-550032CCE363@opscode.com>

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Hey everyone!

We're going to have a webcast this week on leveling up usage of Knife, Chef's API tool. It will be presented by Opscode's Seth Chisamore, who is long time Chef user in a production environment. He'll cover a lot of the common sub-commands, plus a few of the lesser-known features such as parallel SSH, and launching cloud systems.

In case you aren't able to make the scheduled time, we'll post a recording and a text-based user guide on the wiki, which will be linked on the blog. I'm also going to talk at the Denver Rails group meeting this month on some of these topics and more. As always if you have questions about Chef don't hesitate to ask me!

http://www.opscode.com/blog/2010/10/18/upcoming-webcast-knife-pro-tips/


- -- 
Opscode, Inc
Joshua Timberman, Technical Evangelist
IRC, Skype, Twitter, Github: jtimberman

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From sara.greene at factorylabs.com  Thu Oct 21 19:00:34 2010
From: sara.greene at factorylabs.com (Sara Greene)
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 23:00:34 +0000
Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] App Dev and Sr App Dev openings at Factory
Message-ID: <75CD22EC-B426-4D94-8CCA-664A9B7C74BC@factorylabs.com>

Hi All -
Please see the job descriptions below for an Application Developer and a Senior Application Developer.  Let me know if you are interested!
Thanks!
Sara

Application Developer
The North Face. Audi of America. Oakley. These are the brands we work on, and live. As a  full-service agency we don?t do anything?we experience everything. From racing cars to  company snow days slopeside, our creatively rich environment is pure energy for serious  developers. Top talent (passionate risk-takers who love agile development, pair  programming, TDD, BDD and the like), grow, learn, explore, expand and experiment at  FDL.
Position Summary
The Application Developer will build, test, and debug code and will possess an extreme  attention to detail and a high level of accountability and responsibility. We are looking for  someone that likes to get 'under the hood,' see how things work, and stays involved in the  development communities to keep up to date with the latest Web technologies. You'll be  juggling many requests simultaneously, and will be expected to handle them all diligently,  accurately, and quickly. You will need to be able to fit into a creative environment where the  technology enables a creative vision.
Duties and Responsibilities
?       Build, test, and debug code
?       Write test cases
?       Estimate coding projects
?       Follow Factory development methodologies
?       Communicate status to project, account managers and internal stakeholders
?       Lead development projects
?       Track time and provide status reports
?       Some travel required
Qualifications:
?       1+ years full-time experience with the Ruby language and the Rails framework, must have a mastery of the entire Ruby on Rails stack
?       4+ years of standards compliant HTML/XHTML, CSS, and JavaScript (cross-platform browser compatibility a must)
?       Javascript skills (AJAX, DHTML, Prototype/Scriptaculous, JQuery or similar JS frameworks)
?       Must have experience with Test Driven Development (Shoulda, Rspec, Cucumber, etc?)
?       4+ years of development experience in another platform such as Java, PHP or equivalent (including related db experience such as MySQL, Oracle, or MSSQL)
?       Familiarity with version control systems (Git preferred)
?       Must have a strong foundation in OO programming and practices
?       Experience in an advertising agency setting preferred
?       Experience working in an agile process a plus
?       Bachelors' in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience
?       Experience in test driven development, agile development process and pair programming
?       Working directly with clients to manage requirements and ability to communicate to non-technical clients
We offer a great working environment in Denver and amazing benefits.  Still not convinced?  Check out our website at www.factorylabs.com<http://www.factorylabs.com/>
  To apply send resume and cover letter to sara.greene at factorylabs.com<mailto:sara.greene at factorylabs.com>
No third party recruiters please.

Senior Application Developer

The North Face. Audi of America. Oakley. These are the brands we work on, and live.  As a full-service agency we don?t do anything?we experience everything. From racing cars to company snow days slopeside, our creatively rich environment is pure energy for serious developers. Top talent (passionate risk-takers who love agile development, pair programming, TDD, BDD and the like), grow, learn, explore, expand and experiment at FDL.
Position Summary
The Senior Application Developer will build, test, and debug code and will possess an  extreme attention to detail and a high level of accountability and responsibility. We are  looking for someone that likes to get 'under the hood,' see how things work, and stays  involved in the development communities to keep up to date with the latest Web  technologies. You'll be juggling many requests simultaneously, and will be expected to  handle them all diligently, accurately, and quickly. You will need to be able to fit into a  creative environment where the technology enables a creative vision.
Duties and Responsibilities
?       Build, test, and debug code
?       Write test cases
?       Mentor junior developers
?       Estimate coding projects
?       Follow Factory development methodologies
?       Communicate status to project, account managers and internal stakeholders
?       Lead development projects
?       Track time and provide status reports
?       Some travel required
Qualifications:
?       3+ years full-time experience with the Ruby language and the Rails framework, must have a mastery of the entire Ruby on Rails stack
?       6+ years of standards compliant HTML/XHTML, CSS, and JavaScript (cross-platform browser compatibility a must)
?       Javascript skills (AJAX, DHTML, Prototype/Scriptaculous, JQuery or similar JS frameworks)
?       Must have experience with Test Driven Development (Shoulda, Rspec, Cucumber, etc?)
?       6+ years of development experience in another platform such as Java, PHP or equivalent (including related db experience such as MySQL, Oracle, or MSSQL)
?       Familiarity with version control systems (Git preferred)
?       Must have a strong foundation in OO programming and practices
?       Experience in an advertising agency setting preferred
?       Experience working in an agile process a plus
?       Bachelors' in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience
?       Experience in test driven development, agile development process and pair programming
?       Working directly with clients to manage requirements and ability to communicate to non-technical clients
We offer a great working environment in Denver and amazing benefits.  Still not   convinced?  Check out our website at www.factorylabs.com<http://www.factorylabs.com/>
To apply send resume and cover letter to sara.greene at factorylabs.com<mailto:sara.greene at factorylabs.com>
No third party recruiters please.

Sara Greene
Recruiting Strategist
Factory Design Labs

t/303.573.9100 x363
f/888.MOFLAVA
w/factorylabs.com<http://factorylabs.com/>

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From sara.greene at factorylabs.com  Thu Oct 21 19:01:50 2010
From: sara.greene at factorylabs.com (Sara Greene)
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 23:01:50 +0000
Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] UI Developer and Senior UI Developer openings
	at Factory
Message-ID: <D0D62A5A-4226-4C7F-91FE-91F9916773BD@factorylabs.com>

Hi All-
Please see the job descriptions below for a UI Developer and a Senior UI Developer.  Let me know if you are interested.  Thanks!

UI Developer

The North Face. Audi of America. Oakley. These are the brands we work on, and live. As a full-service agency we don?t do anything?we experience everything. From racing cars to company snow days slopeside, our creatively rich environment is pure energy for serious developers. Top talent (passionate risk-takers who love agile development, pair programming, TDD, BDD and the like), grow, learn, explore, expand and experiment at FDL.

We are currently seeking a User Interface Developer with extensive experience developing interfaces for complex web, mobile and desktop applications to join our Interactive Services Team. We believe in Open Source tools, Test Driven Development and innovation.

Position Summary/
The User Interface Developer will build, test, debug code and will possess an extreme attention to detail and a high level of accountability and responsibility. We are looking for someone that likes to get "under the hood", see how things work, and stays involved in the development communities to keep up to date with the latest Web technologies. You'll be juggling many requests simultaneously, and will be expected to handle them all diligently, accurately, and quickly. You will need to be able to fit into a creative environment where the technology enables a creative vision.

Duties and Responsibilities/
?       Development of front end applications
?       Build, test and debug code
?       Development based on creative direction down to the pixel
?       Project estimation
?       Follow Factory development methodologies
?       Communicate status to project, account managers and internal stakeholders
?       Track time and provide status reports
?       Some travel may be required

Qualifications/
?       2+ years experience developing in multiple languages (i.e. JavaScript, Ruby, Java, C++, ActionScript, etc.)
?       3+ years of standards compliant development with Web Technologies (cross-platform browser compatibility a must)
?       Familiarity in a variety of development platforms and frameworks (i.e. Prototype, jQuery, Robotlegs, Rails, etc.)
?       Experience developing mobile web applications
?       Experience with User Experience and interaction procedures
?       Understanding of version control systems (Git preferred)
?       Must have a strong foundation in OO programming and practices
?       Experience in test driven development, agile development process and pair programming preferred
?       Understanding and experience with Creative teams and process
?       Experience in an advertising agency setting preferred
?       Excellent communication skills
?       Degree in computer science, related field or experience.

We offer a great working environment in Denver and amazing benefits.  Still not convinced?  Check out our website at www.factorylabs.com<http://www.factorylabs.com/>

To apply send resume and code samples to sara.greene at factorylabs.com<mailto:sara.greene at factorylabs.com>
No third party recruiters please.


Senior UI Developer

The North Face. Audi of America. Oakley. These are the brands we work on, and live. As a full-service agency we don?t do anything?we experience everything. From racing cars to company snow days slopeside, our creatively rich environment is pure energy for serious developers. Top talent (passionate risk-takers who love agile development, pair programming, TDD, BDD and the like), grow, learn, explore, expand and experiment at FDL.

We are currently seeking a Senior User Interface Developer with extensive experience developing interfaces for complex web, mobile and desktop applications to join our Interactive Services Team. We believe in Open Source tools, Test Driven Development and innovation.

Position Summary/
The Senior User Interface Developer will build, test, debug code and will possess an extreme attention to detail and a high level of accountability and responsibility. We are looking for someone that likes to get "under the hood", see how things work, and stays involved in the development communities to keep up to date with the latest Web technologies. You'll be juggling many requests simultaneously, and will be expected to handle them all diligently, accurately, and quickly. You will need to be able to fit into a creative environment where the technology enables a creative vision.

Duties and Responsibilities/
?       Development of front end applications
?       Build, test and debug code
?       Development based on creative direction down to the pixel
?       Project estimation
?       Follow Factory development methodologies
?       Communicate status to project, account managers and internal stakeholders
?       Track time and provide status reports
?       Some travel may be required

Qualifications/
?       4+ years experience developing in multiple languages (i.e. JavaScript, Ruby, Java, C++, ActionScript, etc.)
?       5+ years of standards compliant development with Web Technologies (cross-platform browser compatibility a must)
?       Familiarity in a variety of development platforms and frameworks (i.e. Prototype, jQuery, Robotlegs, Rails, etc.)
?       Experience developing mobile web applications
?       Experience with User Experience and interaction procedures
?       Understanding of version control systems (Git preferred)
?       Must have a strong foundation in OO programming and practices
?       Experience in test driven development, agile development process and pair programming preferred
?       Understanding and experience with Creative teams and process
?       Experience in an advertising agency setting preferred
?       Excellent communication skills
?       Degree in computer science, related field or experience.

We offer a great working environment in Denver and amazing benefits.  Still not convinced?  Check out our website at www.factorylabs.com<http://www.factorylabs.com/>

To apply send resume and code samples to sara.greene at factorylabs.com<mailto:sara.greene at factorylabs.com>
No third party recruiters please.


 Thanks!
Sara Greene
Recruiting Strategist
Factory Design Labs

t/303.573.9100 x363
f/888.MOFLAVA
w/factorylabs.com<http://factorylabs.com/>

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From christopher.mcmahon at gmail.com  Thu Oct 21 20:48:18 2010
From: christopher.mcmahon at gmail.com (Chris McMahon)
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 18:48:18 -0600
Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] App Dev and Sr App Dev openings at Factory
In-Reply-To: <75CD22EC-B426-4D94-8CCA-664A9B7C74BC@factorylabs.com>
References: <75CD22EC-B426-4D94-8CCA-664A9B7C74BC@factorylabs.com>
Message-ID: <AANLkTinUwgU9v=jsENfoUZrH-tW+2hMyf8+JAftEnaY9@mail.gmail.com>

click that link for factorylabs and watch the video.  I dare you.
-C

On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 5:00 PM, Sara Greene
<sara.greene at factorylabs.com> wrote:
> Hi All -
> Please see the job descriptions below for an Application Developer and a
> Senior Application Developer. ?Let me know if you are interested!
> Thanks!
> Sara
>
> Application Developer
>
> The North Face. Audi of America. Oakley. These are the brands we work on,
> and live. As a? full-service agency we don?t do anything?we experience
> everything. From racing cars to? company snow days slopeside, our creatively
> rich environment is pure energy for serious? developers. Top talent
> (passionate risk-takers who love agile development, pair? programming, TDD,
> BDD and the like), grow, learn, explore, expand and experiment at? FDL.
>
> Position Summary
>
> The Application Developer will build, test, and debug code and will possess
> an extreme? attention to detail and a high level of accountability and
> responsibility. We are looking for? someone that likes to get 'under the
> hood,' see how things work, and stays involved in the? development
> communities to keep up to date with the latest Web technologies. You'll be
> juggling many requests simultaneously, and will be expected to handle them
> all diligently,? accurately, and quickly. You will need to be able to fit
> into a creative environment where the? technology enables a creative vision.
>
> Duties and Responsibilities
>
> ????????Build, test, and debug code
>
> ????????Write test cases
>
> ????????Estimate coding projects
>
> ????????Follow Factory development methodologies
>
> ????????Communicate status to project, account managers and internal
> stakeholders
>
> ????????Lead development projects
>
> ????????Track time and provide status reports
>
> ????????Some travel required
>
> Qualifications:
>
> ????????1+ years full-time experience with the Ruby language and the Rails
> framework, must have a mastery of the entire Ruby on Rails stack
>
> ????????4+ years of standards compliant HTML/XHTML, CSS, and JavaScript
> (cross-platform browser compatibility a must)
>
> ????????Javascript skills (AJAX, DHTML, Prototype/Scriptaculous, JQuery or
> similar JS frameworks)
>
> ????????Must have experience with Test Driven Development (Shoulda, Rspec,
> Cucumber, etc?)
>
> ????????4+ years of development experience in another platform such as Java,
> PHP or equivalent (including related db experience such as MySQL, Oracle, or
> MSSQL)
>
> ????????Familiarity with version control systems (Git preferred)
>
> ????????Must have a strong foundation in OO programming and practices
>
> ????????Experience in an advertising agency setting preferred
>
> ????????Experience working in an agile process a plus
>
> ????????Bachelors' in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent
> experience
>
> ????????Experience in test driven development, agile development process and
> pair programming
>
> ????????Working directly with clients to manage requirements and ability to
> communicate to non-technical clients
>
> We offer a great working environment in Denver and amazing benefits.??Still
> not convinced???Check out our website at?www.factorylabs.com
>
> ? To apply send resume and cover letter to?sara.greene at factorylabs.com
>
> No third party recruiters please.
>
> Senior Application Developer
>
> The North Face. Audi of America. Oakley. These are the brands we work on,
> and live.??As a full-service agency we don?t do anything?we experience
> everything. From racing?cars to company snow days slopeside, our creatively
> rich environment is pure energy?for serious developers. Top talent
> (passionate risk-takers who love agile development,?pair programming, TDD,
> BDD and the like), grow, learn, explore, expand and?experiment at FDL.
>
> Position Summary
>
> The Senior Application Developer will build, test, and debug code and will
> possess an? extreme attention to detail and a high level of accountability
> and responsibility. We are? looking for someone that likes to get 'under the
> hood,' see how things work, and stays? involved in the development
> communities to keep up to date with the latest Web? technologies. You'll be
> juggling many requests simultaneously, and will be expected to? handle them
> all diligently, accurately, and quickly. You will need to be able to fit
> into a? creative environment where the technology enables a creative
> vision.
>
> Duties and Responsibilities
>
> ????????Build, test, and debug code
>
> ????????Write test cases
>
> ????????Mentor junior developers
>
> ????????Estimate coding projects
>
> ????????Follow Factory development methodologies
>
> ????????Communicate status to project, account managers and internal
> stakeholders
>
> ????????Lead development projects
>
> ????????Track time and provide status reports
>
> ????????Some travel required
>
> Qualifications:
>
> ????????3+ years full-time experience with the Ruby language and the Rails
> framework, must have a mastery of the entire Ruby on Rails stack
>
> ????????6+ years of standards compliant HTML/XHTML, CSS, and JavaScript
> (cross-platform browser compatibility a must)
>
> ????????Javascript skills (AJAX, DHTML, Prototype/Scriptaculous, JQuery or
> similar JS frameworks)
>
> ????????Must have experience with Test Driven Development (Shoulda, Rspec,
> Cucumber, etc?)
>
> ????????6+ years of development experience in another platform such as Java,
> PHP or equivalent (including related db experience such as MySQL, Oracle, or
> MSSQL)
>
> ????????Familiarity with version control systems (Git preferred)
>
> ????????Must have a strong foundation in OO programming and practices
>
> ????????Experience in an advertising agency setting preferred
>
> ????????Experience working in an agile process a plus
>
> ????????Bachelors' in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent
> experience
>
> ????????Experience in test driven development, agile development process and
> pair programming
>
> ????????Working directly with clients to manage requirements and ability to
> communicate to non-technical clients
>
> We offer a great working environment in Denver and amazing benefits.??Still
> not ? convinced???Check out our website at?www.factorylabs.com
>
> To apply send resume and cover letter to?sara.greene at factorylabs.com
>
> No third party recruiters please.
>
> Sara Greene
> Recruiting Strategist
> Factory Design Labs
>
> t/303.573.9100?x363
> f/888.MOFLAVA
> w/factorylabs.com
> F/
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Bdrg-members mailing list
> Bdrg-members at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/bdrg-members
>

From prakblr at yahoo.com  Fri Oct 22 19:19:58 2010
From: prakblr at yahoo.com (Prakash N Murthy)
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 16:19:58 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] PROMISCUOUS PAIR PROGRAMMING FOR ALL!
Message-ID: <546068.21576.qm@web65409.mail.ac4.yahoo.com>

HAPPY?CAPSLOCK DAY?FOLKS. And now let me switch back to regular case.?
Got some terrific feedback for the email I sent earlier querying about the interest in regular paired programming sessions. There is a lot of interest from many people to have such sessions, and the general perception is it is good to have such sessions. Here is?Aaron "Tenderlove" Peterson's advice - via Chad Fowler - during Mountain.rb.?So"Promiscuous Pair Programming ?for all"?will be the mantra for this effort going forward.?
Some quick notes relating this topic:Some people are already pairing even outside of their regular work; some people are interested in getting to work on specific items with others.?The Boulder based companies are providing many opportunities for the local Rubyists to pair:Dojo4?has the weekly Code-n-coffee event every Wednesday morning.?QuickLeft?plans to organize a once a month hackfest during the last week of the month. There won't be one this month though as they just hosted a big hackfest during Mountain.rb.?Pivotal Boulder?is planning a Pair-with-a-Pivot-evening event where a limited number of people (8 + 8) would work on open source projects or any personal projects, pairing with the Pivots. I am co-ordinating with Pivotal to organize this sometime in November - more info later as we thrash out the details.?Foraker Labs?is planning a monthly hackfest - tentatively planned for the second thursday of every month - to start in November or
 December. The november date (Thu Nov 11th) is not confirmed yet as it conflicts with the start of Ruby Conf in New Orleans and many of their staff will be in New Orleans.?There could probably be more that I am not aware of.?At some point in the next 3-4 months, it would be awesome if we could organize aCorey Haines' Code Retreat style event?in Boulder over one weekend. I think its best we build up to it by having regular small size pair programming events at one of the numerous Coffee shops in Downtown Boulder or at the offices of one of the companies.?I have added a?separate sheet to the Regular Pair Programming sessions in Boulder spreadsheet?with a weekly calendar to allow for people to list their available time for pairing with others. Do add your availability to the spreadsheet, or inform the person whose paired programming event you will be joining.?As I mentioned in the spreadsheet, I am planning to be at The Cup Boulder next week - Monday
 to Thursday - from 5pm to 8pm; will be useful for anyone who wants to work on Ruby Koans or try out TDD with Project Euler problems.The above spreadsheet seems to be a non-scalable solution for the kind of promiscuous-pair-programming-for-all scenario I am thinking about - so am considering building a Heroku-hosted Rails app to manage the regular paired programming functionality. Aiming to have it up in the next couple of weeks. ?
Thanks for reading this rather long email. Do let me know if you have any feedback on this idea.?
Have an awesome weekend.?

Cheers,
Prakash N Murthy
(347) 228 3993
http://twitter.com/_prakash



      
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From davekapp at gmail.com  Fri Oct 22 20:26:04 2010
From: davekapp at gmail.com (David Kapp)
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 18:26:04 -0600
Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] PROMISCUOUS PAIR PROGRAMMING FOR ALL!
In-Reply-To: <546068.21576.qm@web65409.mail.ac4.yahoo.com>
References: <546068.21576.qm@web65409.mail.ac4.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <AANLkTin6opFysK8880ajON8Y+GOYYygGzK-ee_GBxNS4@mail.gmail.com>

Sounds awesome! Thanks Prakash for getting the word out and this email topic
going!

I'm personally very interested in all of these, although the morning events
simply aren't doable for me as I live outside of Boulder. If the QuickLeft
hackfests and pair-with-a-Pivot events are at times I can attend I'll
definitely be there. Do you know what time the Foraker Labs meetups will
happen? If it's Thursday evening I'll try my best to be there, but Thursday
day I'll have to pass on.

That's a lot of events, so I'm certain to make it to at least a couple. :)

Thanks again, and I'm looking forward to some promiscuous hackery!


Dave Kapp

On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 5:19 PM, Prakash N Murthy <prakblr at yahoo.com> wrote:

> HAPPY *CAPSLOCK DAY* <http://www.capslockday.com/> FOLKS. And now let me
> switch back to regular case.
>
> Got some terrific feedback for the email I sent earlier querying about the
> interest in regular paired programming sessions. There is a lot of interest
> from many people to have such sessions, and the general perception is it is
> good to have such sessions. Here is *Aaron "Tenderlove" Peterson's advice
> - via Chad Fowler - during Mountain.rb<http://twitter.com/#%21/chadfowler/status/26760442153>
> . *So*"Promiscuous Pair Programming  for all"* will be the mantra for this
> effort going forward.
>
> Some quick notes relating this topic:
>
>    - Some people are already pairing even outside of their regular work;
>    some people are interested in getting to work on specific items with
>    others.
>    - The Boulder based companies are providing many opportunities for the
>    local Rubyists to pair:
>       - *Dojo4 <http://twitter.com/dojo4>* has the weekly Code-n-coffee
>       event every Wednesday morning.
>       - *QuickLeft* <http://twitter.com/quickleft> plans to organize a
>       once a month hackfest during the last week of the month. There won't be one
>       this month though as they just hosted a big hackfest during Mountain.rb.
>       - *Pivotal Boulder <http://twitter.com/pivotalboulder>* is planning
>       a Pair-with-a-Pivot-evening event where a limited number of people (8 + 8)
>       would work on open source projects or any personal projects, pairing with
>       the Pivots. I am co-ordinating with Pivotal to organize this sometime in
>       November - more info later as we thrash out the details.
>       - *Foraker Labs <http://twitter.com/forakerlabs>* is planning a
>       monthly hackfest - tentatively planned for the second thursday of every
>       month - to start in November or December. The november date (Thu Nov 11th)
>       is not confirmed yet as it conflicts with the start of Ruby Conf in New
>       Orleans and many of their staff will be in New Orleans.
>       - There could probably be more that I am not aware of.
>    - At some point in the next 3-4 months, it would be awesome if we could
>    organize a*Corey Haines' Code Retreat style event<http://www.coderetreat.com/>
>    * in Boulder over one weekend. I think its best we build up to it by
>    having regular small size pair programming events at one of the numerous
>    Coffee shops in Downtown Boulder or at the offices of one of the companies.
>    - I have added a *separate sheet to the Regular Pair Programming
>    sessions in Boulder spreadsheet* <http://bit.ly/bhU57R> with a weekly
>    calendar to allow for people to list their available time for pairing with
>    others. Do add your availability to the spreadsheet, or inform the person
>    whose paired programming event you will be joining.
>    - As I mentioned in the spreadsheet, I am planning to be at The Cup
>    Boulder next week - Monday to Thursday - from 5pm to 8pm; will be useful for
>    anyone who wants to work on Ruby Koans or try out TDD with Project Euler
>    problems.
>    - The above spreadsheet seems to be a non-scalable solution for the
>    kind of promiscuous-pair-programming-for-all scenario I am thinking about -
>    so am considering building a Heroku-hosted Rails app to manage the regular
>    paired programming functionality. Aiming to have it up in the next couple of
>    weeks.
>
>
> Thanks for reading this rather long email. Do let me know if you have any
> feedback on this idea.
>
> Have an awesome weekend.
>
> Cheers,
> Prakash N Murthy
> (347) 228 3993
> http://twitter.com/_prakash
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Bdrg-members mailing list
> Bdrg-members at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/bdrg-members
>
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From joshua at opscode.com  Fri Oct 22 21:33:17 2010
From: joshua at opscode.com (Joshua Timberman)
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 19:33:17 -0600
Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] PROMISCUOUS PAIR PROGRAMMING FOR ALL!
In-Reply-To: <546068.21576.qm@web65409.mail.ac4.yahoo.com>
References: <546068.21576.qm@web65409.mail.ac4.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <C6781333-5AA4-452B-AFFE-CF56A9A1DAD5@opscode.com>

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As I mentioned at the Boulder Ruby meeting Tuesday, Opscode is also interested in having Chef/Cloud focused pairing/hacking "cook offs". Please let me know if you're interested in this! Do note that Opscode is based in Seattle, and I'm the only one in the Denver/Boulder area. We'll be looking for space for these cook offs. If you know someone/somewhere that has space available, also please let me know.

Pivotal Labs has kindly agreed to offer some space. We're working out the details but probably sometime in December. Thanks Pivotal!


On Oct 22, 2010, at 5:19 PM, Prakash N Murthy wrote:

> HAPPY CAPSLOCK DAY FOLKS. And now let me switch back to regular case. 
> 
> Got some terrific feedback for the email I sent earlier querying about the interest in regular paired programming sessions. There is a lot of interest from many people to have such sessions, and the general perception is it is good to have such sessions. Here is Aaron "Tenderlove" Peterson's advice - via Chad Fowler - during Mountain.rb. So"Promiscuous Pair Programming  for all" will be the mantra for this effort going forward. 
> 
> Some quick notes relating this topic:
> 	? Some people are already pairing even outside of their regular work; some people are interested in getting to work on specific items with others. 
> 	? The Boulder based companies are providing many opportunities for the local Rubyists to pair:
> 		? Dojo4 has the weekly Code-n-coffee event every Wednesday morning. 
> 		? QuickLeft plans to organize a once a month hackfest during the last week of the month. There won't be one this month though as they just hosted a big hackfest during Mountain.rb. 
> 		? Pivotal Boulder is planning a Pair-with-a-Pivot-evening event where a limited number of people (8 + 8) would work on open source projects or any personal projects, pairing with the Pivots. I am co-ordinating with Pivotal to organize this sometime in November - more info later as we thrash out the details. 
> 		? Foraker Labs is planning a monthly hackfest - tentatively planned for the second thursday of every month - to start in November or December. The november date (Thu Nov 11th) is not confirmed yet as it conflicts with the start of Ruby Conf in New Orleans and many of their staff will be in New Orleans. 
> 		? There could probably be more that I am not aware of. 
> 	? At some point in the next 3-4 months, it would be awesome if we could organize aCorey Haines' Code Retreat style event in Boulder over one weekend. I think its best we build up to it by having regular small size pair programming events at one of the numerous Coffee shops in Downtown Boulder or at the offices of one of the companies. 
> 	? I have added a separate sheet to the Regular Pair Programming sessions in Boulder spreadsheet with a weekly calendar to allow for people to list their available time for pairing with others. Do add your availability to the spreadsheet, or inform the person whose paired programming event you will be joining. 
> 	? As I mentioned in the spreadsheet, I am planning to be at The Cup Boulder next week - Monday to Thursday - from 5pm to 8pm; will be useful for anyone who wants to work on Ruby Koans or try out TDD with Project Euler problems.
> 	? The above spreadsheet seems to be a non-scalable solution for the kind of promiscuous-pair-programming-for-all scenario I am thinking about - so am considering building a Heroku-hosted Rails app to manage the regular paired programming functionality. Aiming to have it up in the next couple of weeks.  
> 
> Thanks for reading this rather long email. Do let me know if you have any feedback on this idea. 
> 
> Have an awesome weekend. 
> 
> Cheers,
> Prakash N Murthy
> (347) 228 3993
> http://twitter.com/_prakash
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Bdrg-members mailing list
> Bdrg-members at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/bdrg-members

- -- 
Opscode, Inc
Joshua Timberman, Technical Evangelist
IRC, Skype, Twitter, Github: jtimberman

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From prakblr at yahoo.com  Fri Oct 22 21:47:32 2010
From: prakblr at yahoo.com (Prakash N Murthy)
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 18:47:32 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] PROMISCUOUS PAIR PROGRAMMING FOR ALL!
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTin6opFysK8880ajON8Y+GOYYygGzK-ee_GBxNS4@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <824046.75634.qm@web65410.mail.ac4.yahoo.com>

Thanks Dave.?

The Dojo4 Code-n-coffee event is in the morning.?
The Quick Left hackfest, Pivotal Pair-with-a-pivot event, and Foraker Hackfest will be in the evenings. Do follow Quick Left, Pivotal Labs Boulder and Foraker Labs on Twitter to know the exact dates for these events.?
The Code Retreat event will probably be on a Saturday as it is a day long event.?
Also, feel free to contact me - or send an email to the group - if you are interested in having a pairing session any evening; most likely there will be others who will be interested in pairing at the same time.??
Cheers,

Prakash N Murthy

(347) 228 3993

http://twitter.com/_prakash

--- On Fri, 10/22/10, David Kapp <davekapp at gmail.com> wrote:

From: David Kapp <davekapp at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Boulder Ruby Group] PROMISCUOUS PAIR PROGRAMMING FOR ALL!
To: "Boulder Ruby" <bdrg-members at rubyforge.org>
Date: Friday, October 22, 2010, 6:26 PM

Sounds awesome! Thanks Prakash for getting the word out and this email topic going! 

I'm personally very interested in all of these, although the morning events simply aren't doable for me as I live outside of Boulder. If the QuickLeft hackfests and pair-with-a-Pivot events are at times I can attend I'll definitely be there. Do you know what time the Foraker Labs meetups will happen? If it's Thursday evening I'll try my best to be there, but Thursday day I'll have to pass on.


That's a lot of events, so I'm certain to make it to at least a couple. :)

Thanks again, and I'm looking forward to some promiscuous hackery!


Dave Kapp

On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 5:19 PM, Prakash N Murthy <prakblr at yahoo.com> wrote:


HAPPY?CAPSLOCK DAY?FOLKS. And now let me switch back to regular case.?

Got some terrific feedback for the email I sent earlier querying about the interest in regular paired programming sessions. There is a lot of interest from many people to have such sessions, and the general perception is it is good to have such sessions. Here is?Aaron "Tenderlove" Peterson's advice - via Chad Fowler - during Mountain.rb.?So"Promiscuous Pair Programming ?for all"?will be the mantra for this effort going forward.?

Some quick notes relating this topic:
Some people are already pairing even outside of their regular work; some people are interested in getting to work
 on specific items with others.?The Boulder based companies are providing many opportunities for the local Rubyists to pair:
Dojo4?has the weekly Code-n-coffee event every Wednesday morning.?QuickLeft?plans to organize a once a month hackfest during the last week of the month. There won't be one this month though as they just hosted a big hackfest during Mountain.rb.?
Pivotal Boulder?is planning a Pair-with-a-Pivot-evening event where a limited number of people (8 + 8) would work on open source projects or any personal projects, pairing with the Pivots. I am co-ordinating with Pivotal to organize this sometime in
 November - more info later as we thrash out the details.?Foraker Labs?is planning a monthly hackfest - tentatively planned for the second thursday of every month - to start in November or December. The november date (Thu Nov 11th) is not confirmed yet as it conflicts with the start of Ruby Conf in New Orleans and many of their staff will be in New Orleans.?
There could probably be more that I am not aware of.?At some point in the next 3-4 months, it would be awesome if we could organize aCorey Haines' Code Retreat style event?in Boulder over one weekend. I think its best we build up to it by having regular small size pair programming events at one of the numerous Coffee shops in Downtown Boulder or at
 the offices of one of the companies.?I have added a?separate sheet to the Regular Pair Programming sessions in Boulder spreadsheet?with a weekly calendar to allow for people to list their available time for pairing with others. Do add your availability to the spreadsheet, or inform the person whose paired programming event you will be joining.?
As I mentioned in the spreadsheet, I am planning to be at The Cup Boulder next week - Monday to Thursday - from 5pm to 8pm; will be useful for anyone who wants to work on Ruby Koans or try out TDD with Project Euler problems.
The above spreadsheet seems to be a non-scalable solution for the kind of promiscuous-pair-programming-for-all scenario I am thinking about - so am considering building a Heroku-hosted Rails app to manage the regular paired programming functionality. Aiming to have it up in the next couple of weeks. ?

Thanks for reading this rather long email. Do let me know if you have any feedback on this idea.?

Have an awesome weekend.?

Cheers,
Prakash N Murthy
(347) 228 3993
http://twitter.com/_prakash




      
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From charley.baker at gmail.com  Fri Oct 22 23:25:36 2010
From: charley.baker at gmail.com (Charley Baker)
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 21:25:36 -0600
Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] PROMISCUOUS PAIR PROGRAMMING FOR ALL!
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Open question to anyone in a similar vein. What do we have for training in
the area? I would imagine basic Ruby, Rails, and other training would be of
interest and fairly valuable.

-c

On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 7:47 PM, Prakash N Murthy <prakblr at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Thanks Dave.
>
> The Dojo4 Code-n-coffee event is in the morning.
>
> The Quick Left hackfest, Pivotal Pair-with-a-pivot event, and Foraker
> Hackfest will be in the evenings. Do follow *Quick Left*<http://twitter.com/quickleft>,
> *Pivotal Labs Boulder <http://twitter.com/#!/pivotalboulder>* and *Foraker
> Labs* <http://twitter.com/#!/forakerlabs> on Twitter to know the exact
> dates for these events.
>
> The Code Retreat event will probably be on a Saturday as it is a day long
> event.
>
> Also, feel free to contact me - or send an email to the group - if you are
> interested in having a pairing session any evening; most likely there will
> be others who will be interested in pairing at the same time.
>
> Cheers,
> Prakash N Murthy
> (347) 228 3993
> http://twitter.com/_prakash
>
> --- On *Fri, 10/22/10, David Kapp <davekapp at gmail.com>* wrote:
>
>
> From: David Kapp <davekapp at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Boulder Ruby Group] PROMISCUOUS PAIR PROGRAMMING FOR ALL!
> To: "Boulder Ruby" <bdrg-members at rubyforge.org>
> Date: Friday, October 22, 2010, 6:26 PM
>
>
> Sounds awesome! Thanks Prakash for getting the word out and this email
> topic going!
>
> I'm personally very interested in all of these, although the morning events
> simply aren't doable for me as I live outside of Boulder. If the QuickLeft
> hackfests and pair-with-a-Pivot events are at times I can attend I'll
> definitely be there. Do you know what time the Foraker Labs meetups will
> happen? If it's Thursday evening I'll try my best to be there, but Thursday
> day I'll have to pass on.
>
> That's a lot of events, so I'm certain to make it to at least a couple. :)
>
> Thanks again, and I'm looking forward to some promiscuous hackery!
>
>
> Dave Kapp
>
> On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 5:19 PM, Prakash N Murthy <prakblr at yahoo.com<http://mc/compose?to=prakblr at yahoo.com>
> > wrote:
>
> HAPPY *CAPSLOCK DAY* <http://www.capslockday.com/> FOLKS. And now let me
> switch back to regular case.
>
> Got some terrific feedback for the email I sent earlier querying about the
> interest in regular paired programming sessions. There is a lot of interest
> from many people to have such sessions, and the general perception is it is
> good to have such sessions. Here is *Aaron "Tenderlove" Peterson's advice
> - via Chad Fowler - during Mountain.rb<http://twitter.com/#%21/chadfowler/status/26760442153>
> . *So*"Promiscuous Pair Programming  for all"* will be the mantra for this
> effort going forward.
>
> Some quick notes relating this topic:
>
>    - Some people are already pairing even outside of their regular work;
>    some people are interested in getting to work on specific items with
>    others.
>    - The Boulder based companies are providing many opportunities for the
>    local Rubyists to pair:
>       - *Dojo4 <http://twitter.com/dojo4>* has the weekly Code-n-coffee
>       event every Wednesday morning.
>       - *QuickLeft* <http://twitter.com/quickleft> plans to organize a
>       once a month hackfest during the last week of the month. There won't be one
>       this month though as they just hosted a big hackfest during Mountain.rb.
>       - *Pivotal Boulder <http://twitter.com/pivotalboulder>* is planning
>       a Pair-with-a-Pivot-evening event where a limited number of people (8 + 8)
>       would work on open source projects or any personal projects, pairing with
>       the Pivots. I am co-ordinating with Pivotal to organize this sometime in
>       November - more info later as we thrash out the details.
>       - *Foraker Labs <http://twitter.com/forakerlabs>* is planning a
>       monthly hackfest - tentatively planned for the second thursday of every
>       month - to start in November or December. The november date (Thu Nov 11th)
>       is not confirmed yet as it conflicts with the start of Ruby Conf in New
>       Orleans and many of their staff will be in New Orleans.
>       - There could probably be more that I am not aware of.
>    - At some point in the next 3-4 months, it would be awesome if we could
>    organize a*Corey Haines' Code Retreat style event<http://www.coderetreat.com/>
>    * in Boulder over one weekend. I think its best we build up to it by
>    having regular small size pair programming events at one of the numerous
>    Coffee shops in Downtown Boulder or at the offices of one of the companies.
>    - I have added a *separate sheet to the Regular Pair Programming
>    sessions in Boulder spreadsheet* <http://bit.ly/bhU57R> with a weekly
>    calendar to allow for people to list their available time for pairing with
>    others. Do add your availability to the spreadsheet, or inform the person
>    whose paired programming event you will be joining.
>    - As I mentioned in the spreadsheet, I am planning to be at The Cup
>    Boulder next week - Monday to Thursday - from 5pm to 8pm; will be useful for
>    anyone who wants to work on Ruby Koans or try out TDD with Project Euler
>    problems.
>    - The above spreadsheet seems to be a non-scalable solution for the
>    kind of promiscuous-pair-programming-for-all scenario I am thinking about -
>    so am considering building a Heroku-hosted Rails app to manage the regular
>    paired programming functionality. Aiming to have it up in the next couple of
>    weeks.
>
>
> Thanks for reading this rather long email. Do let me know if you have any
> feedback on this idea.
>
> Have an awesome weekend.
>
> Cheers,
> Prakash N Murthy
> (347) 228 3993
> http://twitter.com/_prakash
>
>
>
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From mghaught at gmail.com  Sat Oct 23 00:26:00 2010
From: mghaught at gmail.com (Marty Haught)
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 22:26:00 -0600
Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] PROMISCUOUS PAIR PROGRAMMING FOR ALL!
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> Open question to anyone in a similar vein. What do we have for training in the area? I would imagine basic Ruby, Rails, and other training would be of interest and fairly valuable.

As far as I know, the only public training available regularly is the
Pragmatic Studio.  I fully agree that having some other alternatives
would be very useful.  I have even thought about putting something
together as I've done a couple private training sessions but it's a
lot of work.  Furthermore, I'm not sure if I want to become a trainer
as sorts but maybe it would be better for the local community if
someone did.

Now that I don't have conference organizing taking all of my free
time, I could ponder putting together a Ruby Bootcamp program.  I was
originally thinking something that met weekly in the evenings and
lasted for around 6 weeks.

The other thought along this line was to take on an apprentice to work
with me on my next project.  Though I would only be willing to take on
one, it would be very beneficial to that one developer.  Doing a Ruby
Bootcamp would help more people in a shorter time frame (the
apprenticeship would likely be a 3 month thing).

Just thinking out loud here.

Cheers,
Marty

From jefferey.sutherland at gmail.com  Sat Oct 23 01:55:01 2010
From: jefferey.sutherland at gmail.com (Jeff Sutherland)
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 05:55:01 +0000
Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] PROMISCUOUS PAIR PROGRAMMING FOR ALL!
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Before I was a full-time Ruby developer, I trained school teachers and fellow developers in web development (HTML, Javascript and Ruby).  It was a lot of fun, and I'd like to do it again.  I would love to help put together a Ruby Bootcamp.

- Jeff Sutherland
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> Open question to anyone in a similar vein. What do we have for training in the area? I would imagine basic Ruby, Rails, and other training would be of interest and fairly valuable.

As far as I know, the only public training available regularly is the
Pragmatic Studio.  I fully agree that having some other alternatives
would be very useful.  I have even thought about putting something
together as I've done a couple private training sessions but it's a
lot of work.  Furthermore, I'm not sure if I want to become a trainer
as sorts but maybe it would be better for the local community if
someone did.

Now that I don't have conference organizing taking all of my free
time, I could ponder putting together a Ruby Bootcamp program.  I was
originally thinking something that met weekly in the evenings and
lasted for around 6 weeks.

The other thought along this line was to take on an apprentice to work
with me on my next project.  Though I would only be willing to take on
one, it would be very beneficial to that one developer.  Doing a Ruby
Bootcamp would help more people in a shorter time frame (the
apprenticeship would likely be a 3 month thing).

Just thinking out loud here.

Cheers,
Marty
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From joshua at opscode.com  Fri Oct 22 21:33:17 2010
From: joshua at opscode.com (Joshua Timberman)
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 19:33:17 -0600
Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] PROMISCUOUS PAIR PROGRAMMING FOR ALL!
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As I mentioned at the Boulder Ruby meeting Tuesday, Opscode is also interested in having Chef/Cloud focused pairing/hacking "cook offs". Please let me know if you're interested in this! Do note that Opscode is based in Seattle, and I'm the only one in the Denver/Boulder area. We'll be looking for space for these cook offs. If you know someone/somewhere that has space available, also please let me know.

Pivotal Labs has kindly agreed to offer some space. We're working out the details but probably sometime in December. Thanks Pivotal!


On Oct 22, 2010, at 5:19 PM, Prakash N Murthy wrote:

> HAPPY CAPSLOCK DAY FOLKS. And now let me switch back to regular case. 
> 
> Got some terrific feedback for the email I sent earlier querying about the interest in regular paired programming sessions. There is a lot of interest from many people to have such sessions, and the general perception is it is good to have such sessions. Here is Aaron "Tenderlove" Peterson's advice - via Chad Fowler - during Mountain.rb. So"Promiscuous Pair Programming  for all" will be the mantra for this effort going forward. 
> 
> Some quick notes relating this topic:
> 	? Some people are already pairing even outside of their regular work; some people are interested in getting to work on specific items with others. 
> 	? The Boulder based companies are providing many opportunities for the local Rubyists to pair:
> 		? Dojo4 has the weekly Code-n-coffee event every Wednesday morning. 
> 		? QuickLeft plans to organize a once a month hackfest during the last week of the month. There won't be one this month though as they just hosted a big hackfest during Mountain.rb. 
> 		? Pivotal Boulder is planning a Pair-with-a-Pivot-evening event where a limited number of people (8 + 8) would work on open source projects or any personal projects, pairing with the Pivots. I am co-ordinating with Pivotal to organize this sometime in November - more info later as we thrash out the details. 
> 		? Foraker Labs is planning a monthly hackfest - tentatively planned for the second thursday of every month - to start in November or December. The november date (Thu Nov 11th) is not confirmed yet as it conflicts with the start of Ruby Conf in New Orleans and many of their staff will be in New Orleans. 
> 		? There could probably be more that I am not aware of. 
> 	? At some point in the next 3-4 months, it would be awesome if we could organize aCorey Haines' Code Retreat style event in Boulder over one weekend. I think its best we build up to it by having regular small size pair programming events at one of the numerous Coffee shops in Downtown Boulder or at the offices of one of the companies. 
> 	? I have added a separate sheet to the Regular Pair Programming sessions in Boulder spreadsheet with a weekly calendar to allow for people to list their available time for pairing with others. Do add your availability to the spreadsheet, or inform the person whose paired programming event you will be joining. 
> 	? As I mentioned in the spreadsheet, I am planning to be at The Cup Boulder next week - Monday to Thursday - from 5pm to 8pm; will be useful for anyone who wants to work on Ruby Koans or try out TDD with Project Euler problems.
> 	? The above spreadsheet seems to be a non-scalable solution for the kind of promiscuous-pair-programming-for-all scenario I am thinking about - so am considering building a Heroku-hosted Rails app to manage the regular paired programming functionality. Aiming to have it up in the next couple of weeks.  
> 
> Thanks for reading this rather long email. Do let me know if you have any feedback on this idea. 
> 
> Have an awesome weekend. 
> 
> Cheers,
> Prakash N Murthy
> (347) 228 3993
> http://twitter.com/_prakash
> 
> 
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From bothari at gmail.com  Sat Oct 23 07:09:48 2010
From: bothari at gmail.com (Bothari)
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 05:09:48 -0600
Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] PROMISCUOUS PAIR PROGRAMMING FOR ALL!
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I taught a week-long class this summer for gifted and talented kids.
We used Ruby Warrior on Ubuntu systems, so a good bit of the material
was too basic for a class like this.  However, we used Chris Pine's
Learn To Program book, and it was a big hit.

Also, to get started we needed a new version of Ruby installed on
every box.  Too lazy to it myself, I made a page and had every kid
copy/paste it into a terminal window.  It's a great way to get them to
do something, then tell them what they're doing while it's going on.
http://fairanswers.com/cbk/rvm.html
Joe

On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 11:55 PM, Jeff Sutherland
<jefferey.sutherland at gmail.com> wrote:
> Before I was a full-time Ruby developer, I trained school teachers and fellow developers in web development (HTML, Javascript and Ruby). ?It was a lot of fun, and I'd like to do it again. ?I would love to help put together a Ruby Bootcamp.
>
> - Jeff Sutherland
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marty Haught <mghaught at gmail.com>
> Sender: bdrg-members-bounces at rubyforge.org
> Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 22:26:00
> To: bdrg<bdrg-members at rubyforge.org>
> Subject: Re: [Boulder Ruby Group] PROMISCUOUS PAIR PROGRAMMING FOR ALL!
>
>> Open question to anyone in a similar vein. What do we have for training in the area? I would imagine basic Ruby, Rails, and other training would be of interest and fairly valuable.
>
> As far as I know, the only public training available regularly is the
> Pragmatic Studio. ?I fully agree that having some other alternatives
> would be very useful. ?I have even thought about putting something
> together as I've done a couple private training sessions but it's a
> lot of work. ?Furthermore, I'm not sure if I want to become a trainer
> as sorts but maybe it would be better for the local community if
> someone did.
>
> Now that I don't have conference organizing taking all of my free
> time, I could ponder putting together a Ruby Bootcamp program. ?I was
> originally thinking something that met weekly in the evenings and
> lasted for around 6 weeks.
>
> The other thought along this line was to take on an apprentice to work
> with me on my next project. ?Though I would only be willing to take on
> one, it would be very beneficial to that one developer. ?Doing a Ruby
> Bootcamp would help more people in a shorter time frame (the
> apprenticeship would likely be a 3 month thing).
>
> Just thinking out loud here.
>
> Cheers,
> Marty
> _______________________________________________
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From charley.baker at gmail.com  Sat Oct 23 16:50:58 2010
From: charley.baker at gmail.com (Charley Baker)
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 14:50:58 -0600
Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] PROMISCUOUS PAIR PROGRAMMING FOR ALL!
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Definitely something interesting to consider. I've been involved in a
lot of internal company training classes, as well as some external
training at conferences. I've worked with my own material and in the
past year with the Ruby Koans as well. I think it would be a good idea
to have a few people who are willing and able to teach classes
locally. Maybe that's something we can talk about on this list or at a
Bdrg meeting or two, if there's any interest.

 One of my goals in Ruby has been community expansion and involvement.
It would be interesting to talk to some local Java, .Net, and
non-programmers who'd like to learn Ruby.

 Just thinking off the top of my head anyhow.

Cheers,

Charley

On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 5:09 AM, Bothari <bothari at gmail.com> wrote:
> I taught a week-long class this summer for gifted and talented kids.
> We used Ruby Warrior on Ubuntu systems, so a good bit of the material
> was too basic for a class like this. ?However, we used Chris Pine's
> Learn To Program book, and it was a big hit.
>
> Also, to get started we needed a new version of Ruby installed on
> every box. ?Too lazy to it myself, I made a page and had every kid
> copy/paste it into a terminal window. ?It's a great way to get them to
> do something, then tell them what they're doing while it's going on.
> http://fairanswers.com/cbk/rvm.html
> Joe
>
> On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 11:55 PM, Jeff Sutherland
> <jefferey.sutherland at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Before I was a full-time Ruby developer, I trained school teachers and fellow developers in web development (HTML, Javascript and Ruby). ?It was a lot of fun, and I'd like to do it again. ?I would love to help put together a Ruby Bootcamp.
>>
>> - Jeff Sutherland
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Marty Haught <mghaught at gmail.com>
>> Sender: bdrg-members-bounces at rubyforge.org
>> Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 22:26:00
>> To: bdrg<bdrg-members at rubyforge.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Boulder Ruby Group] PROMISCUOUS PAIR PROGRAMMING FOR ALL!
>>
>>> Open question to anyone in a similar vein. What do we have for training in the area? I would imagine basic Ruby, Rails, and other training would be of interest and fairly valuable.
>>
>> As far as I know, the only public training available regularly is the
>> Pragmatic Studio. ?I fully agree that having some other alternatives
>> would be very useful. ?I have even thought about putting something
>> together as I've done a couple private training sessions but it's a
>> lot of work. ?Furthermore, I'm not sure if I want to become a trainer
>> as sorts but maybe it would be better for the local community if
>> someone did.
>>
>> Now that I don't have conference organizing taking all of my free
>> time, I could ponder putting together a Ruby Bootcamp program. ?I was
>> originally thinking something that met weekly in the evenings and
>> lasted for around 6 weeks.
>>
>> The other thought along this line was to take on an apprentice to work
>> with me on my next project. ?Though I would only be willing to take on
>> one, it would be very beneficial to that one developer. ?Doing a Ruby
>> Bootcamp would help more people in a shorter time frame (the
>> apprenticeship would likely be a 3 month thing).
>>
>> Just thinking out loud here.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Marty
>> _______________________________________________
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From jefferey.sutherland at gmail.com  Sun Oct 24 16:33:59 2010
From: jefferey.sutherland at gmail.com (Jefferey Sutherland)
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 14:33:59 -0600
Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] Community Ruby Training
Message-ID: <AANLkTin+W2Y5CJNQRphQ6-4jdMVyTHRYTqofJ=e0A5Wx@mail.gmail.com>

It looks like there is a lot of interest in doing a community ruby training
(or more).  Would anyone be available to meet next week to talk about this
and get it off the ground?  I'm available Wednesday or Friday evening.  We
could meet in Boulder or somewhere in the North Metro area based on where
people are located.

- Jeff Sutherland
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From internetoutfitters at gmail.com  Sun Oct 24 18:02:38 2010
From: internetoutfitters at gmail.com (Kelly Ehret)
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 16:02:38 -0600
Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] PROMISCUOUS PAIR PROGRAMMING FOR ALL!
	(Jeff & Marty)
Message-ID: <AANLkTim8pchEpahzpnan9D-kRTs3eanO-OdvaiXdXthK@mail.gmail.com>

Jeff and Marty - I'd be very interested in doing a multi-week boot camp sort
of program if either of you organize one.  I would have done mountain.rb,
but I couldn't swing the time off (and most of it would have been over my
head at this point).  I'm available next week to talk about scheduling
possibilities - my preference being either earlier morning or evening hours
so I can still work my 9-5...

Thanks!
(Mr.) Kelly Ehret

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> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 22:26:00 -0600
> From: Marty Haught <mghaught at gmail.com>
> To: bdrg <bdrg-members at rubyforge.org>
> Subject: Re: [Boulder Ruby Group] PROMISCUOUS PAIR PROGRAMMING FOR
>        ALL!
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> > Open question to anyone in a similar vein. What do we have for training
> in the area? I would imagine basic Ruby, Rails, and other training would be
> of interest and fairly valuable.
>
> As far as I know, the only public training available regularly is the
> Pragmatic Studio.  I fully agree that having some other alternatives
> would be very useful.  I have even thought about putting something
> together as I've done a couple private training sessions but it's a
> lot of work.  Furthermore, I'm not sure if I want to become a trainer
> as sorts but maybe it would be better for the local community if
> someone did.
>
> Now that I don't have conference organizing taking all of my free
> time, I could ponder putting together a Ruby Bootcamp program.  I was
> originally thinking something that met weekly in the evenings and
> lasted for around 6 weeks.
>
> The other thought along this line was to take on an apprentice to work
> with me on my next project.  Though I would only be willing to take on
> one, it would be very beneficial to that one developer.  Doing a Ruby
> Bootcamp would help more people in a shorter time frame (the
> apprenticeship would likely be a 3 month thing).
>
> Just thinking out loud here.
>
> Cheers,
> Marty
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 05:55:01 +0000
> From: "Jeff Sutherland" <jefferey.sutherland at gmail.com>
> To: "bdrg" <bdrg-members at rubyforge.org>
> Subject: Re: [Boulder Ruby Group] PROMISCUOUS PAIR PROGRAMMING FOR
>        ALL!
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> Before I was a full-time Ruby developer, I trained school teachers and
> fellow developers in web development (HTML, Javascript and Ruby).  It was a
> lot of fun, and I'd like to do it again.  I would love to help put together
> a Ruby Bootcamp.
>
> - Jeff Sutherland
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marty Haught <mghaught at gmail.com>
> Sender: bdrg-members-bounces at rubyforge.org
> Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 22:26:00
> To: bdrg<bdrg-members at rubyforge.org>
> Subject: Re: [Boulder Ruby Group] PROMISCUOUS PAIR PROGRAMMING FOR ALL!
>
> > Open question to anyone in a similar vein. What do we have for training
> in the area? I would imagine basic Ruby, Rails, and other training would be
> of interest and fairly valuable.
>
> As far as I know, the only public training available regularly is the
> Pragmatic Studio.  I fully agree that having some other alternatives
> would be very useful.  I have even thought about putting something
> together as I've done a couple private training sessions but it's a
> lot of work.  Furthermore, I'm not sure if I want to become a trainer
> as sorts but maybe it would be better for the local community if
> someone did.
>
> Now that I don't have conference organizing taking all of my free
> time, I could ponder putting together a Ruby Bootcamp program.  I was
> originally thinking something that met weekly in the evenings and
> lasted for around 6 weeks.
>
> The other thought along this line was to take on an apprentice to work
> with me on my next project.  Though I would only be willing to take on
> one, it would be very beneficial to that one developer.  Doing a Ruby
> Bootcamp would help more people in a shorter time frame (the
> apprenticeship would likely be a 3 month thing).
>
> Just thinking out loud here.
>
> Cheers,
> Marty
> _______________________________________________
> Bdrg-members mailing list
> Bdrg-members at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/bdrg-members
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> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 19:33:17 -0600
> From: Joshua Timberman <joshua at opscode.com>
> To: Boulder Ruby <bdrg-members at rubyforge.org>
> Subject: Re: [Boulder Ruby Group] PROMISCUOUS PAIR PROGRAMMING FOR
>        ALL!
> Message-ID: <C6781333-5AA4-452B-AFFE-CF56A9A1DAD5 at opscode.com>
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> As I mentioned at the Boulder Ruby meeting Tuesday, Opscode is also
> interested in having Chef/Cloud focused pairing/hacking "cook offs". Please
> let me know if you're interested in this! Do note that Opscode is based in
> Seattle, and I'm the only one in the Denver/Boulder area. We'll be looking
> for space for these cook offs. If you know someone/somewhere that has space
> available, also please let me know.
>
> Pivotal Labs has kindly agreed to offer some space. We're working out the
> details but probably sometime in December. Thanks Pivotal!
>
>
> On Oct 22, 2010, at 5:19 PM, Prakash N Murthy wrote:
>
> > HAPPY CAPSLOCK DAY FOLKS. And now let me switch back to regular case.
> >
> > Got some terrific feedback for the email I sent earlier querying about
> the interest in regular paired programming sessions. There is a lot of
> interest from many people to have such sessions, and the general perception
> is it is good to have such sessions. Here is Aaron "Tenderlove" Peterson's
> advice - via Chad Fowler - during Mountain.rb. So"Promiscuous Pair
> Programming  for all" will be the mantra for this effort going forward.
> >
> > Some quick notes relating this topic:
> >       ? Some people are already pairing even outside of their regular
> work; some people are interested in getting to work on specific items with
> others.
> >       ? The Boulder based companies are providing many opportunities for
> the local Rubyists to pair:
> >               ? Dojo4 has the weekly Code-n-coffee event every Wednesday
> morning.
> >               ? QuickLeft plans to organize a once a month hackfest
> during the last week of the month. There won't be one this month though as
> they just hosted a big hackfest during Mountain.rb.
> >               ? Pivotal Boulder is planning a Pair-with-a-Pivot-evening
> event where a limited number of people (8 + 8) would work on open source
> projects or any personal projects, pairing with the Pivots. I am
> co-ordinating with Pivotal to organize this sometime in November - more info
> later as we thrash out the details.
> >               ? Foraker Labs is planning a monthly hackfest - tentatively
> planned for the second thursday of every month - to start in November or
> December. The november date (Thu Nov 11th) is not confirmed yet as it
> conflicts with the start of Ruby Conf in New Orleans and many of their staff
> will be in New Orleans.
> >               ? There could probably be more that I am not aware of.
> >       ? At some point in the next 3-4 months, it would be awesome if we
> could organize aCorey Haines' Code Retreat style event in Boulder over one
> weekend. I think its best we build up to it by having regular small size
> pair programming events at one of the numerous Coffee shops in Downtown
> Boulder or at the offices of one of the companies.
> >       ? I have added a separate sheet to the Regular Pair Programming
> sessions in Boulder spreadsheet with a weekly calendar to allow for people
> to list their available time for pairing with others. Do add your
> availability to the spreadsheet, or inform the person whose paired
> programming event you will be joining.
> >       ? As I mentioned in the spreadsheet, I am planning to be at The Cup
> Boulder next week - Monday to Thursday - from 5pm to 8pm; will be useful for
> anyone who wants to work on Ruby Koans or try out TDD with Project Euler
> problems.
> >       ? The above spreadsheet seems to be a non-scalable solution for the
> kind of promiscuous-pair-programming-for-all scenario I am thinking about -
> so am considering building a Heroku-hosted Rails app to manage the regular
> paired programming functionality. Aiming to have it up in the next couple of
> weeks.
> >
> > Thanks for reading this rather long email. Do let me know if you have any
> feedback on this idea.
> >
> > Have an awesome weekend.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Prakash N Murthy
> > (347) 228 3993
> > http://twitter.com/_prakash
> >
> >
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> Message: 4
> Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 05:09:48 -0600
> From: Bothari <bothari at gmail.com>
> To: bdrg <bdrg-members at rubyforge.org>
> Subject: Re: [Boulder Ruby Group] PROMISCUOUS PAIR PROGRAMMING FOR
>        ALL!
> Message-ID:
>        <AANLkTikR9NWSvDXXkjjSc5Jhh1ic1VXeYvbYq89bejRO at mail.gmail.com>
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> I taught a week-long class this summer for gifted and talented kids.
> We used Ruby Warrior on Ubuntu systems, so a good bit of the material
> was too basic for a class like this.  However, we used Chris Pine's
> Learn To Program book, and it was a big hit.
>
> Also, to get started we needed a new version of Ruby installed on
> every box.  Too lazy to it myself, I made a page and had every kid
> copy/paste it into a terminal window.  It's a great way to get them to
> do something, then tell them what they're doing while it's going on.
> http://fairanswers.com/cbk/rvm.html
> Joe
>
> On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 11:55 PM, Jeff Sutherland
> <jefferey.sutherland at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Before I was a full-time Ruby developer, I trained school teachers and
> fellow developers in web development (HTML, Javascript and Ruby). ?It was a
> lot of fun, and I'd like to do it again. ?I would love to help put together
> a Ruby Bootcamp.
> >
> > - Jeff Sutherland
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Marty Haught <mghaught at gmail.com>
> > Sender: bdrg-members-bounces at rubyforge.org
> > Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 22:26:00
> > To: bdrg<bdrg-members at rubyforge.org>
> > Subject: Re: [Boulder Ruby Group] PROMISCUOUS PAIR PROGRAMMING FOR ALL!
> >
> >> Open question to anyone in a similar vein. What do we have for training
> in the area? I would imagine basic Ruby, Rails, and other training would be
> of interest and fairly valuable.
> >
> > As far as I know, the only public training available regularly is the
> > Pragmatic Studio. ?I fully agree that having some other alternatives
> > would be very useful. ?I have even thought about putting something
> > together as I've done a couple private training sessions but it's a
> > lot of work. ?Furthermore, I'm not sure if I want to become a trainer
> > as sorts but maybe it would be better for the local community if
> > someone did.
> >
> > Now that I don't have conference organizing taking all of my free
> > time, I could ponder putting together a Ruby Bootcamp program. ?I was
> > originally thinking something that met weekly in the evenings and
> > lasted for around 6 weeks.
> >
> > The other thought along this line was to take on an apprentice to work
> > with me on my next project. ?Though I would only be willing to take on
> > one, it would be very beneficial to that one developer. ?Doing a Ruby
> > Bootcamp would help more people in a shorter time frame (the
> > apprenticeship would likely be a 3 month thing).
> >
> > Just thinking out loud here.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Marty
> > _______________________________________________
> > Bdrg-members mailing list
> > Bdrg-members at rubyforge.org
> > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/bdrg-members
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> > Bdrg-members mailing list
> > Bdrg-members at rubyforge.org
> > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/bdrg-members
> >
>
>
>
> --
> "There are only two industries that refer to their customers as
> ?users?." - Edward Tufte
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 14:50:58 -0600
> From: Charley Baker <charley.baker at gmail.com>
> To: Boulder Ruby <bdrg-members at rubyforge.org>
> Subject: Re: [Boulder Ruby Group] PROMISCUOUS PAIR PROGRAMMING FOR
>        ALL!
> Message-ID:
>        <AANLkTinH_5iuuEcv6vRM+xqV3gide14C4PsGQb11tH1c at mail.gmail.com<AANLkTinH_5iuuEcv6vRM%2BxqV3gide14C4PsGQb11tH1c at mail.gmail.com>
> >
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>
> Definitely something interesting to consider. I've been involved in a
> lot of internal company training classes, as well as some external
> training at conferences. I've worked with my own material and in the
> past year with the Ruby Koans as well. I think it would be a good idea
> to have a few people who are willing and able to teach classes
> locally. Maybe that's something we can talk about on this list or at a
> Bdrg meeting or two, if there's any interest.
>
>  One of my goals in Ruby has been community expansion and involvement.
> It would be interesting to talk to some local Java, .Net, and
> non-programmers who'd like to learn Ruby.
>
>  Just thinking off the top of my head anyhow.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Charley
>
> On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 5:09 AM, Bothari <bothari at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I taught a week-long class this summer for gifted and talented kids.
> > We used Ruby Warrior on Ubuntu systems, so a good bit of the material
> > was too basic for a class like this. ?However, we used Chris Pine's
> > Learn To Program book, and it was a big hit.
> >
> > Also, to get started we needed a new version of Ruby installed on
> > every box. ?Too lazy to it myself, I made a page and had every kid
> > copy/paste it into a terminal window. ?It's a great way to get them to
> > do something, then tell them what they're doing while it's going on.
> > http://fairanswers.com/cbk/rvm.html
> > Joe
> >
> > On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 11:55 PM, Jeff Sutherland
> > <jefferey.sutherland at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Before I was a full-time Ruby developer, I trained school teachers and
> fellow developers in web development (HTML, Javascript and Ruby). ?It was a
> lot of fun, and I'd like to do it again. ?I would love to help put together
> a Ruby Bootcamp.
> >>
> >> - Jeff Sutherland
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Marty Haught <mghaught at gmail.com>
> >> Sender: bdrg-members-bounces at rubyforge.org
> >> Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 22:26:00
> >> To: bdrg<bdrg-members at rubyforge.org>
> >> Subject: Re: [Boulder Ruby Group] PROMISCUOUS PAIR PROGRAMMING FOR ALL!
> >>
> >>> Open question to anyone in a similar vein. What do we have for training
> in the area? I would imagine basic Ruby, Rails, and other training would be
> of interest and fairly valuable.
> >>
> >> As far as I know, the only public training available regularly is the
> >> Pragmatic Studio. ?I fully agree that having some other alternatives
> >> would be very useful. ?I have even thought about putting something
> >> together as I've done a couple private training sessions but it's a
> >> lot of work. ?Furthermore, I'm not sure if I want to become a trainer
> >> as sorts but maybe it would be better for the local community if
> >> someone did.
> >>
> >> Now that I don't have conference organizing taking all of my free
> >> time, I could ponder putting together a Ruby Bootcamp program. ?I was
> >> originally thinking something that met weekly in the evenings and
> >> lasted for around 6 weeks.
> >>
> >> The other thought along this line was to take on an apprentice to work
> >> with me on my next project. ?Though I would only be willing to take on
> >> one, it would be very beneficial to that one developer. ?Doing a Ruby
> >> Bootcamp would help more people in a shorter time frame (the
> >> apprenticeship would likely be a 3 month thing).
> >>
> >> Just thinking out loud here.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Marty
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> Bdrg-members mailing list
> >> Bdrg-members at rubyforge.org
> >> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/bdrg-members
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> >> Bdrg-members mailing list
> >> Bdrg-members at rubyforge.org
> >> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/bdrg-members
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > "There are only two industries that refer to their customers as
> > ?users?." - Edward Tufte
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>
>
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> Message: 6
> Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 14:33:59 -0600
> From: Jefferey Sutherland <jefferey.sutherland at gmail.com>
> To: bdrg-members at rubyforge.org
> Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] Community Ruby Training
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> It looks like there is a lot of interest in doing a community ruby training
> (or more).  Would anyone be available to meet next week to talk about this
> and get it off the ground?  I'm available Wednesday or Friday evening.  We
> could meet in Boulder or somewhere in the North Metro area based on where
> people are located.
>
> - Jeff Sutherland
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From charley.baker at gmail.com  Sun Oct 24 18:13:21 2010
From: charley.baker at gmail.com (Charley Baker)
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 16:13:21 -0600
Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] Community Ruby Training
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Thanks for the followup. :) I honestly can't do Weds or Friday this
week. Depending on interest and availability is always challenging.
I'd say next steps would be to get a few people to "run" the effort, I
can definitely be one, come up with some ideas and illicit feedback
and start socializing the idea at meetups. I would love to see this
take off in this area.

It's an open effort if anyone else want to chime in get involved. My
contact info is:

irc.freenode.net: charleyb
charley.baker at gmail.com (im as well)
I'm also on skype: charley.baker

Marty, does bdrg have a pivotal account, and if so, do you want to add
a training project? I think that's the best way to start setting up
tasks.

Cheers,

Charley

On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 2:33 PM, Jefferey Sutherland
<jefferey.sutherland at gmail.com> wrote:
> It looks like there is a lot of interest in doing a community ruby training
> (or more). ?Would anyone be available to meet next week to talk about this
> and get it off the ground? ?I'm available Wednesday or Friday evening. ?We
> could meet in Boulder or somewhere in the North Metro area based on where
> people are located.
> - Jeff Sutherland
> _______________________________________________
> Bdrg-members mailing list
> Bdrg-members at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/bdrg-members
>

From mgehard at pivotallabs.com  Sun Oct 24 19:24:03 2010
From: mgehard at pivotallabs.com (Mike Gehard)
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 17:24:03 -0600
Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] PROMISCUOUS PAIR PROGRAMMING FOR ALL!
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While I think that the bootcamp/training idea has some merit, I'd like to
see if this "promiscuous pairing" idea can get some traction.  There is
plenty of "training" material on the web and in print that people can access
but I really think that the whole "apprentice" idea is the best way to put
out solid developers.  It has worked for centuries to train other "skilled
craftsmen/craftswomen".

Yes the "apprentice" idea does mean that some more "experienced" developers
will need to step up and help out but with winter coming I could see myself
spending some time coding on weekends and hopefully other will do the same
and when they do they will reach out via the site that Prakash is working
on.  Even if you get two less "experienced" people together, if they have a
plan in mind they can at least work towards that goal and learn what they
can along the way.

Setting up a bootcamp/workshop takes some work by one person and may not
serve the whole developer population...how many times can you learn how to
set up a controller in a blog app?

I learned to develop Ruby/Rails by picking an idea and creating a website
that actually was a business for a bit.  Yes the code was not my best work
but it gave me enough experience to continue on down the path and eventually
land me at Pivotal.

What is stopping you from creating your own "code retreats" with other
people where you pull down some open source code (pick something from
someone you think is a good developer) and start trying to fix some bugs or
add some features or simply reading through the code to see how it works?
 If nothing else, you'll get a chance to see how other people write code and
test things and if you are stick it out you'll get a high profile commit or
two.

Looking for a starting point, why not help out with Rails?  It worked for
Santiago Pastorino (http://bit.ly/aQ4znt)  They have a great  "contribution"
guide here:
https://rails.lighthouseapp.com/projects/8994-ruby-on-rails
http://wiki.railsbridge.org/projects/1/wiki/BugMash

You could also help out with Rails documentation here:
https://rails.lighthouseapp.com/projects/16213-rails-guides

I look forward to pairing with as many of you as I can in the coming months
when possible.


On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 10:26 PM, Marty Haught <mghaught at gmail.com> wrote:

> > Open question to anyone in a similar vein. What do we have for training
> in the area? I would imagine basic Ruby, Rails, and other training would be
> of interest and fairly valuable.
>
> As far as I know, the only public training available regularly is the
> Pragmatic Studio.  I fully agree that having some other alternatives
> would be very useful.  I have even thought about putting something
> together as I've done a couple private training sessions but it's a
> lot of work.  Furthermore, I'm not sure if I want to become a trainer
> as sorts but maybe it would be better for the local community if
> someone did.
>
> Now that I don't have conference organizing taking all of my free
> time, I could ponder putting together a Ruby Bootcamp program.  I was
> originally thinking something that met weekly in the evenings and
> lasted for around 6 weeks.
>
> The other thought along this line was to take on an apprentice to work
> with me on my next project.  Though I would only be willing to take on
> one, it would be very beneficial to that one developer.  Doing a Ruby
> Bootcamp would help more people in a shorter time frame (the
> apprenticeship would likely be a 3 month thing).
>
> Just thinking out loud here.
>
> Cheers,
> Marty
> _______________________________________________
> Bdrg-members mailing list
> Bdrg-members at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/bdrg-members
>



-- 
Mike Gehard
Pivotal Labs Boulder
(970) 471-9835 | (303) 857-5980
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From jefferey.sutherland at gmail.com  Sun Oct 24 21:14:42 2010
From: jefferey.sutherland at gmail.com (Jefferey Sutherland)
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 19:14:42 -0600
Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] Community Ruby Training
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It seems there's a demand for structured learning as well as the
unstructured apprenticeship learning.  There is more than one learning
style.  Some people need the structure of a class to get started, others
just need to dive in.  These two approaches can be combined to make a great
boot camp.  In the army, recruits spend time both in the classroom and
practicing under the guidance of DIs.

Since this is an open effort, here's my contact info.

irc.freenode.net: drpentode (rarely on, but I can start)
jefferey.sutherland at gmail.com (IM on AIM and GTalk as well)
Skype:  jefferey.sutherland
Twitter: @drpentode

I'd be happy to register a domain, and if we don't have a pivotal account,
start with a backpack or campfire free account, or even Google docs.  I'm
pretty open to different methods of task tracking.

- Jeff

On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 4:13 PM, Charley Baker <charley.baker at gmail.com>wrote:

> Thanks for the followup. :) I honestly can't do Weds or Friday this
> week. Depending on interest and availability is always challenging.
> I'd say next steps would be to get a few people to "run" the effort, I
> can definitely be one, come up with some ideas and illicit feedback
> and start socializing the idea at meetups. I would love to see this
> take off in this area.
>
> It's an open effort if anyone else want to chime in get involved. My
> contact info is:
>
> irc.freenode.net: charleyb
> charley.baker at gmail.com (im as well)
> I'm also on skype: charley.baker
>
> Marty, does bdrg have a pivotal account, and if so, do you want to add
> a training project? I think that's the best way to start setting up
> tasks.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Charley
>
> On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 2:33 PM, Jefferey Sutherland
> <jefferey.sutherland at gmail.com> wrote:
> > It looks like there is a lot of interest in doing a community ruby
> training
> > (or more).  Would anyone be available to meet next week to talk about
> this
> > and get it off the ground?  I'm available Wednesday or Friday evening.
>  We
> > could meet in Boulder or somewhere in the North Metro area based on where
> > people are located.
> > - Jeff Sutherland
> > _______________________________________________
> > Bdrg-members mailing list
> > Bdrg-members at rubyforge.org
> > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/bdrg-members
> >
>
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From davekapp at gmail.com  Sun Oct 24 21:59:55 2010
From: davekapp at gmail.com (David Kapp)
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 19:59:55 -0600
Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] PROMISCUOUS PAIR PROGRAMMING FOR ALL!
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I agree that both the training-session type of event/series of events and
the pair programming for more experienced developers have merit. For me the
pair programming meetups seem more immediately pertinent, but I know that
everyone has to start somewhere, and the training sessions would be a good
way to bring people into the community.

As someone pointed out, winter is indeed approaching and that might mean
that planned events could get disrupted due to extreme weather. Let's keep
that in mind and not get disheartened if something gets blown out by a
storm... (I've seen this happen to other things in the past, and I don't
want it to happen to us!)


Dave Kapp

On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 5:24 PM, Mike Gehard <mgehard at pivotallabs.com>wrote:

> While I think that the bootcamp/training idea has some merit, I'd like to
> see if this "promiscuous pairing" idea can get some traction.  There is
> plenty of "training" material on the web and in print that people can access
> but I really think that the whole "apprentice" idea is the best way to put
> out solid developers.  It has worked for centuries to train other "skilled
> craftsmen/craftswomen".
>
> Yes the "apprentice" idea does mean that some more "experienced" developers
> will need to step up and help out but with winter coming I could see myself
> spending some time coding on weekends and hopefully other will do the same
> and when they do they will reach out via the site that Prakash is working
> on.  Even if you get two less "experienced" people together, if they have a
> plan in mind they can at least work towards that goal and learn what they
> can along the way.
>
> Setting up a bootcamp/workshop takes some work by one person and may not
> serve the whole developer population...how many times can you learn how to
> set up a controller in a blog app?
>
> I learned to develop Ruby/Rails by picking an idea and creating a website
> that actually was a business for a bit.  Yes the code was not my best work
> but it gave me enough experience to continue on down the path and eventually
> land me at Pivotal.
>
> What is stopping you from creating your own "code retreats" with other
> people where you pull down some open source code (pick something from
> someone you think is a good developer) and start trying to fix some bugs or
> add some features or simply reading through the code to see how it works?
>  If nothing else, you'll get a chance to see how other people write code and
> test things and if you are stick it out you'll get a high profile commit or
> two.
>
> Looking for a starting point, why not help out with Rails?  It worked for
> Santiago Pastorino (http://bit.ly/aQ4znt)  They have a great
>  "contribution" guide here:
> https://rails.lighthouseapp.com/projects/8994-ruby-on-rails
> http://wiki.railsbridge.org/projects/1/wiki/BugMash
>
> You could also help out with Rails documentation here:
> https://rails.lighthouseapp.com/projects/16213-rails-guides
>
> I look forward to pairing with as many of you as I can in the coming months
> when possible.
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 10:26 PM, Marty Haught <mghaught at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> > Open question to anyone in a similar vein. What do we have for training
>> in the area? I would imagine basic Ruby, Rails, and other training would be
>> of interest and fairly valuable.
>>
>> As far as I know, the only public training available regularly is the
>> Pragmatic Studio.  I fully agree that having some other alternatives
>> would be very useful.  I have even thought about putting something
>> together as I've done a couple private training sessions but it's a
>> lot of work.  Furthermore, I'm not sure if I want to become a trainer
>> as sorts but maybe it would be better for the local community if
>> someone did.
>>
>> Now that I don't have conference organizing taking all of my free
>> time, I could ponder putting together a Ruby Bootcamp program.  I was
>> originally thinking something that met weekly in the evenings and
>> lasted for around 6 weeks.
>>
>> The other thought along this line was to take on an apprentice to work
>> with me on my next project.  Though I would only be willing to take on
>> one, it would be very beneficial to that one developer.  Doing a Ruby
>> Bootcamp would help more people in a shorter time frame (the
>> apprenticeship would likely be a 3 month thing).
>>
>> Just thinking out loud here.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Marty
>> _______________________________________________
>> Bdrg-members mailing list
>> Bdrg-members at rubyforge.org
>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/bdrg-members
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Mike Gehard
> Pivotal Labs Boulder
> (970) 471-9835 | (303) 857-5980
>
> _______________________________________________
> Bdrg-members mailing list
> Bdrg-members at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/bdrg-members
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From jefferey.sutherland at gmail.com  Sun Oct 24 22:03:05 2010
From: jefferey.sutherland at gmail.com (Jefferey Sutherland)
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 20:03:05 -0600
Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] Community Ruby Training
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I started some brainstorming.  Here's the Google Doc.  Let me know if you
want edit access for your ideas and I'll open it up.

https://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=10-FMdb9rwrT00E-2KROjA3oV3bz0A4kZxX9zBCVuMQ0&hl=en&authkey=CPDHp6gM

- Jeff

On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 7:14 PM, Jefferey Sutherland <
jefferey.sutherland at gmail.com> wrote:

> It seems there's a demand for structured learning as well as the
> unstructured apprenticeship learning.  There is more than one learning
> style.  Some people need the structure of a class to get started, others
> just need to dive in.  These two approaches can be combined to make a great
> boot camp.  In the army, recruits spend time both in the classroom and
> practicing under the guidance of DIs.
>
> Since this is an open effort, here's my contact info.
>
> irc.freenode.net: drpentode (rarely on, but I can start)
> jefferey.sutherland at gmail.com (IM on AIM and GTalk as well)
> Skype:  jefferey.sutherland
> Twitter: @drpentode
>
> I'd be happy to register a domain, and if we don't have a pivotal account,
> start with a backpack or campfire free account, or even Google docs.  I'm
> pretty open to different methods of task tracking.
>
> - Jeff
>
> On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 4:13 PM, Charley Baker <charley.baker at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the followup. :) I honestly can't do Weds or Friday this
>> week. Depending on interest and availability is always challenging.
>> I'd say next steps would be to get a few people to "run" the effort, I
>> can definitely be one, come up with some ideas and illicit feedback
>> and start socializing the idea at meetups. I would love to see this
>> take off in this area.
>>
>> It's an open effort if anyone else want to chime in get involved. My
>> contact info is:
>>
>> irc.freenode.net: charleyb
>> charley.baker at gmail.com (im as well)
>> I'm also on skype: charley.baker
>>
>> Marty, does bdrg have a pivotal account, and if so, do you want to add
>> a training project? I think that's the best way to start setting up
>> tasks.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Charley
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 2:33 PM, Jefferey Sutherland
>> <jefferey.sutherland at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > It looks like there is a lot of interest in doing a community ruby
>> training
>> > (or more).  Would anyone be available to meet next week to talk about
>> this
>> > and get it off the ground?  I'm available Wednesday or Friday evening.
>>  We
>> > could meet in Boulder or somewhere in the North Metro area based on
>> where
>> > people are located.
>> > - Jeff Sutherland
>> > _______________________________________________
>> > Bdrg-members mailing list
>> > Bdrg-members at rubyforge.org
>> > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/bdrg-members
>> >
>>
>
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From timrohde2000 at yahoo.com  Sun Oct 24 22:42:26 2010
From: timrohde2000 at yahoo.com (Tim Rohde)
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 20:42:26 -0600
Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] PROMISCUOUS PAIR PROGRAMMING FOR ALL!
Message-ID: <AANLkTikDhz-94gWF7Myr3Acq5W+HQnmQLOaKoDrA2vJd@mail.gmail.com>

Please keep me in the loop on this training idea. I really need it and am
willing to help organize it.

cheers,

Tim Rohde
(720) 984-1834



On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 4:02 PM, <bdrg-members-request at rubyforge.org> wrote:

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> Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 16:02:38 -0600
> From: Kelly Ehret <internetoutfitters at gmail.com>
> To: bdrg-members at rubyforge.org
> Subject: Re: [Boulder Ruby Group] PROMISCUOUS PAIR PROGRAMMING FOR
>        ALL!    (Jeff & Marty)
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> Jeff and Marty - I'd be very interested in doing a multi-week boot camp
> sort
> of program if either of you organize one.  I would have done mountain.rb,
> but I couldn't swing the time off (and most of it would have been over my
> head at this point).  I'm available next week to talk about scheduling
> possibilities - my preference being either earlier morning or evening hours
> so I can still work my 9-5...
>
> Thanks!
> (Mr.) Kelly Ehret
>
> On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 2:41 PM, <bdrg-members-request at rubyforge.org>
> wrote:
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> >   1. Re: PROMISCUOUS PAIR PROGRAMMING FOR ALL! (Marty Haught)
> >   2. Re: PROMISCUOUS PAIR PROGRAMMING FOR ALL! (Jeff Sutherland)
> >   3. Re: PROMISCUOUS PAIR PROGRAMMING FOR ALL! (Joshua Timberman)
> >   4. Re: PROMISCUOUS PAIR PROGRAMMING FOR ALL! (Bothari)
> >   5. Re: PROMISCUOUS PAIR PROGRAMMING FOR ALL! (Charley Baker)
> >   6. Community Ruby Training (Jefferey Sutherland)
> >
> >
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> > Message: 1
> > Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 22:26:00 -0600
> > From: Marty Haught <mghaught at gmail.com>
> > To: bdrg <bdrg-members at rubyforge.org>
> > Subject: Re: [Boulder Ruby Group] PROMISCUOUS PAIR PROGRAMMING FOR
> >        ALL!
> > Message-ID:
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> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> >
> > > Open question to anyone in a similar vein. What do we have for training
> > in the area? I would imagine basic Ruby, Rails, and other training would
> be
> > of interest and fairly valuable.
> >
> > As far as I know, the only public training available regularly is the
> > Pragmatic Studio.  I fully agree that having some other alternatives
> > would be very useful.  I have even thought about putting something
> > together as I've done a couple private training sessions but it's a
> > lot of work.  Furthermore, I'm not sure if I want to become a trainer
> > as sorts but maybe it would be better for the local community if
> > someone did.
> >
> > Now that I don't have conference organizing taking all of my free
> > time, I could ponder putting together a Ruby Bootcamp program.  I was
> > originally thinking something that met weekly in the evenings and
> > lasted for around 6 weeks.
> >
> > The other thought along this line was to take on an apprentice to work
> > with me on my next project.  Though I would only be willing to take on
> > one, it would be very beneficial to that one developer.  Doing a Ruby
> > Bootcamp would help more people in a shorter time frame (the
> > apprenticeship would likely be a 3 month thing).
> >
> > Just thinking out loud here.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Marty
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 2
> > Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 05:55:01 +0000
> > From: "Jeff Sutherland" <jefferey.sutherland at gmail.com>
> > To: "bdrg" <bdrg-members at rubyforge.org>
> > Subject: Re: [Boulder Ruby Group] PROMISCUOUS PAIR PROGRAMMING FOR
> >        ALL!
> > Message-ID:
> >
> >
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> >
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> > Before I was a full-time Ruby developer, I trained school teachers and
> > fellow developers in web development (HTML, Javascript and Ruby).  It was
> a
> > lot of fun, and I'd like to do it again.  I would love to help put
> together
> > a Ruby Bootcamp.
> >
> > - Jeff Sutherland
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Marty Haught <mghaught at gmail.com>
> > Sender: bdrg-members-bounces at rubyforge.org
> > Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 22:26:00
> > To: bdrg<bdrg-members at rubyforge.org>
> > Subject: Re: [Boulder Ruby Group] PROMISCUOUS PAIR PROGRAMMING FOR ALL!
> >
> > > Open question to anyone in a similar vein. What do we have for training
> > in the area? I would imagine basic Ruby, Rails, and other training would
> be
> > of interest and fairly valuable.
> >
> > As far as I know, the only public training available regularly is the
> > Pragmatic Studio.  I fully agree that having some other alternatives
> > would be very useful.  I have even thought about putting something
> > together as I've done a couple private training sessions but it's a
> > lot of work.  Furthermore, I'm not sure if I want to become a trainer
> > as sorts but maybe it would be better for the local community if
> > someone did.
> >
> > Now that I don't have conference organizing taking all of my free
> > time, I could ponder putting together a Ruby Bootcamp program.  I was
> > originally thinking something that met weekly in the evenings and
> > lasted for around 6 weeks.
> >
> > The other thought along this line was to take on an apprentice to work
> > with me on my next project.  Though I would only be willing to take on
> > one, it would be very beneficial to that one developer.  Doing a Ruby
> > Bootcamp would help more people in a shorter time frame (the
> > apprenticeship would likely be a 3 month thing).
> >
> > Just thinking out loud here.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Marty
> > _______________________________________________
> > Bdrg-members mailing list
> > Bdrg-members at rubyforge.org
> > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/bdrg-members
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 3
> > Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 19:33:17 -0600
> > From: Joshua Timberman <joshua at opscode.com>
> > To: Boulder Ruby <bdrg-members at rubyforge.org>
> > Subject: Re: [Boulder Ruby Group] PROMISCUOUS PAIR PROGRAMMING FOR
> >        ALL!
> > Message-ID: <C6781333-5AA4-452B-AFFE-CF56A9A1DAD5 at opscode.com>
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> > As I mentioned at the Boulder Ruby meeting Tuesday, Opscode is also
> > interested in having Chef/Cloud focused pairing/hacking "cook offs".
> Please
> > let me know if you're interested in this! Do note that Opscode is based
> in
> > Seattle, and I'm the only one in the Denver/Boulder area. We'll be
> looking
> > for space for these cook offs. If you know someone/somewhere that has
> space
> > available, also please let me know.
> >
> > Pivotal Labs has kindly agreed to offer some space. We're working out the
> > details but probably sometime in December. Thanks Pivotal!
> >
> >
> > On Oct 22, 2010, at 5:19 PM, Prakash N Murthy wrote:
> >
> > > HAPPY CAPSLOCK DAY FOLKS. And now let me switch back to regular case.
> > >
> > > Got some terrific feedback for the email I sent earlier querying about
> > the interest in regular paired programming sessions. There is a lot of
> > interest from many people to have such sessions, and the general
> perception
> > is it is good to have such sessions. Here is Aaron "Tenderlove"
> Peterson's
> > advice - via Chad Fowler - during Mountain.rb. So"Promiscuous Pair
> > Programming  for all" will be the mantra for this effort going forward.
> > >
> > > Some quick notes relating this topic:
> > >       ? Some people are already pairing even outside of their regular
> > work; some people are interested in getting to work on specific items
> with
> > others.
> > >       ? The Boulder based companies are providing many opportunities
> for
> > the local Rubyists to pair:
> > >               ? Dojo4 has the weekly Code-n-coffee event every
> Wednesday
> > morning.
> > >               ? QuickLeft plans to organize a once a month hackfest
> > during the last week of the month. There won't be one this month though
> as
> > they just hosted a big hackfest during Mountain.rb.
> > >               ? Pivotal Boulder is planning a Pair-with-a-Pivot-evening
> > event where a limited number of people (8 + 8) would work on open source
> > projects or any personal projects, pairing with the Pivots. I am
> > co-ordinating with Pivotal to organize this sometime in November - more
> info
> > later as we thrash out the details.
> > >               ? Foraker Labs is planning a monthly hackfest -
> tentatively
> > planned for the second thursday of every month - to start in November or
> > December. The november date (Thu Nov 11th) is not confirmed yet as it
> > conflicts with the start of Ruby Conf in New Orleans and many of their
> staff
> > will be in New Orleans.
> > >               ? There could probably be more that I am not aware of.
> > >       ? At some point in the next 3-4 months, it would be awesome if we
> > could organize aCorey Haines' Code Retreat style event in Boulder over
> one
> > weekend. I think its best we build up to it by having regular small size
> > pair programming events at one of the numerous Coffee shops in Downtown
> > Boulder or at the offices of one of the companies.
> > >       ? I have added a separate sheet to the Regular Pair Programming
> > sessions in Boulder spreadsheet with a weekly calendar to allow for
> people
> > to list their available time for pairing with others. Do add your
> > availability to the spreadsheet, or inform the person whose paired
> > programming event you will be joining.
> > >       ? As I mentioned in the spreadsheet, I am planning to be at The
> Cup
> > Boulder next week - Monday to Thursday - from 5pm to 8pm; will be useful
> for
> > anyone who wants to work on Ruby Koans or try out TDD with Project Euler
> > problems.
> > >       ? The above spreadsheet seems to be a non-scalable solution for
> the
> > kind of promiscuous-pair-programming-for-all scenario I am thinking about
> -
> > so am considering building a Heroku-hosted Rails app to manage the
> regular
> > paired programming functionality. Aiming to have it up in the next couple
> of
> > weeks.
> > >
> > > Thanks for reading this rather long email. Do let me know if you have
> any
> > feedback on this idea.
> > >
> > > Have an awesome weekend.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Prakash N Murthy
> > > (347) 228 3993
> > > http://twitter.com/_prakash
> > >
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Bdrg-members mailing list
> > > Bdrg-members at rubyforge.org
> > > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/bdrg-members
> >
> > - --
> > Opscode, Inc
> > Joshua Timberman, Technical Evangelist
> > IRC, Skype, Twitter, Github: jtimberman
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> > Message: 4
> > Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 05:09:48 -0600
> > From: Bothari <bothari at gmail.com>
> > To: bdrg <bdrg-members at rubyforge.org>
> > Subject: Re: [Boulder Ruby Group] PROMISCUOUS PAIR PROGRAMMING FOR
> >        ALL!
> > Message-ID:
> >        <AANLkTikR9NWSvDXXkjjSc5Jhh1ic1VXeYvbYq89bejRO at mail.gmail.com>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252
> >
> > I taught a week-long class this summer for gifted and talented kids.
> > We used Ruby Warrior on Ubuntu systems, so a good bit of the material
> > was too basic for a class like this.  However, we used Chris Pine's
> > Learn To Program book, and it was a big hit.
> >
> > Also, to get started we needed a new version of Ruby installed on
> > every box.  Too lazy to it myself, I made a page and had every kid
> > copy/paste it into a terminal window.  It's a great way to get them to
> > do something, then tell them what they're doing while it's going on.
> > http://fairanswers.com/cbk/rvm.html
> > Joe
> >
> > On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 11:55 PM, Jeff Sutherland
> > <jefferey.sutherland at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Before I was a full-time Ruby developer, I trained school teachers and
> > fellow developers in web development (HTML, Javascript and Ruby). ?It was
> a
> > lot of fun, and I'd like to do it again. ?I would love to help put
> together
> > a Ruby Bootcamp.
> > >
> > > - Jeff Sutherland
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Marty Haught <mghaught at gmail.com>
> > > Sender: bdrg-members-bounces at rubyforge.org
> > > Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 22:26:00
> > > To: bdrg<bdrg-members at rubyforge.org>
> > > Subject: Re: [Boulder Ruby Group] PROMISCUOUS PAIR PROGRAMMING FOR ALL!
> > >
> > >> Open question to anyone in a similar vein. What do we have for
> training
> > in the area? I would imagine basic Ruby, Rails, and other training would
> be
> > of interest and fairly valuable.
> > >
> > > As far as I know, the only public training available regularly is the
> > > Pragmatic Studio. ?I fully agree that having some other alternatives
> > > would be very useful. ?I have even thought about putting something
> > > together as I've done a couple private training sessions but it's a
> > > lot of work. ?Furthermore, I'm not sure if I want to become a trainer
> > > as sorts but maybe it would be better for the local community if
> > > someone did.
> > >
> > > Now that I don't have conference organizing taking all of my free
> > > time, I could ponder putting together a Ruby Bootcamp program. ?I was
> > > originally thinking something that met weekly in the evenings and
> > > lasted for around 6 weeks.
> > >
> > > The other thought along this line was to take on an apprentice to work
> > > with me on my next project. ?Though I would only be willing to take on
> > > one, it would be very beneficial to that one developer. ?Doing a Ruby
> > > Bootcamp would help more people in a shorter time frame (the
> > > apprenticeship would likely be a 3 month thing).
> > >
> > > Just thinking out loud here.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Marty
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Bdrg-members mailing list
> > > Bdrg-members at rubyforge.org
> > > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/bdrg-members
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Bdrg-members mailing list
> > > Bdrg-members at rubyforge.org
> > > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/bdrg-members
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > "There are only two industries that refer to their customers as
> > ?users?." - Edward Tufte
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 5
> > Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 14:50:58 -0600
> > From: Charley Baker <charley.baker at gmail.com>
> > To: Boulder Ruby <bdrg-members at rubyforge.org>
> > Subject: Re: [Boulder Ruby Group] PROMISCUOUS PAIR PROGRAMMING FOR
> >        ALL!
> > Message-ID:
> >        <AANLkTinH_5iuuEcv6vRM+xqV3gide14C4PsGQb11tH1c at mail.gmail.com<AANLkTinH_5iuuEcv6vRM%2BxqV3gide14C4PsGQb11tH1c at mail.gmail.com>
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> >
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> > Definitely something interesting to consider. I've been involved in a
> > lot of internal company training classes, as well as some external
> > training at conferences. I've worked with my own material and in the
> > past year with the Ruby Koans as well. I think it would be a good idea
> > to have a few people who are willing and able to teach classes
> > locally. Maybe that's something we can talk about on this list or at a
> > Bdrg meeting or two, if there's any interest.
> >
> >  One of my goals in Ruby has been community expansion and involvement.
> > It would be interesting to talk to some local Java, .Net, and
> > non-programmers who'd like to learn Ruby.
> >
> >  Just thinking off the top of my head anyhow.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Charley
> >
> > On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 5:09 AM, Bothari <bothari at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I taught a week-long class this summer for gifted and talented kids.
> > > We used Ruby Warrior on Ubuntu systems, so a good bit of the material
> > > was too basic for a class like this. ?However, we used Chris Pine's
> > > Learn To Program book, and it was a big hit.
> > >
> > > Also, to get started we needed a new version of Ruby installed on
> > > every box. ?Too lazy to it myself, I made a page and had every kid
> > > copy/paste it into a terminal window. ?It's a great way to get them to
> > > do something, then tell them what they're doing while it's going on.
> > > http://fairanswers.com/cbk/rvm.html
> > > Joe
> > >
> > > On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 11:55 PM, Jeff Sutherland
> > > <jefferey.sutherland at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> Before I was a full-time Ruby developer, I trained school teachers and
> > fellow developers in web development (HTML, Javascript and Ruby). ?It was
> a
> > lot of fun, and I'd like to do it again. ?I would love to help put
> together
> > a Ruby Bootcamp.
> > >>
> > >> - Jeff Sutherland
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: Marty Haught <mghaught at gmail.com>
> > >> Sender: bdrg-members-bounces at rubyforge.org
> > >> Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 22:26:00
> > >> To: bdrg<bdrg-members at rubyforge.org>
> > >> Subject: Re: [Boulder Ruby Group] PROMISCUOUS PAIR PROGRAMMING FOR
> ALL!
> > >>
> > >>> Open question to anyone in a similar vein. What do we have for
> training
> > in the area? I would imagine basic Ruby, Rails, and other training would
> be
> > of interest and fairly valuable.
> > >>
> > >> As far as I know, the only public training available regularly is the
> > >> Pragmatic Studio. ?I fully agree that having some other alternatives
> > >> would be very useful. ?I have even thought about putting something
> > >> together as I've done a couple private training sessions but it's a
> > >> lot of work. ?Furthermore, I'm not sure if I want to become a trainer
> > >> as sorts but maybe it would be better for the local community if
> > >> someone did.
> > >>
> > >> Now that I don't have conference organizing taking all of my free
> > >> time, I could ponder putting together a Ruby Bootcamp program. ?I was
> > >> originally thinking something that met weekly in the evenings and
> > >> lasted for around 6 weeks.
> > >>
> > >> The other thought along this line was to take on an apprentice to work
> > >> with me on my next project. ?Though I would only be willing to take on
> > >> one, it would be very beneficial to that one developer. ?Doing a Ruby
> > >> Bootcamp would help more people in a shorter time frame (the
> > >> apprenticeship would likely be a 3 month thing).
> > >>
> > >> Just thinking out loud here.
> > >>
> > >> Cheers,
> > >> Marty
> > >> _______________________________________________
> > >> Bdrg-members mailing list
> > >> Bdrg-members at rubyforge.org
> > >> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/bdrg-members
> > >> _______________________________________________
> > >> Bdrg-members mailing list
> > >> Bdrg-members at rubyforge.org
> > >> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/bdrg-members
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > "There are only two industries that refer to their customers as
> > > ?users?." - Edward Tufte
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Bdrg-members mailing list
> > > Bdrg-members at rubyforge.org
> > > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/bdrg-members
> > >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
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> > Message: 6
> > Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 14:33:59 -0600
> > From: Jefferey Sutherland <jefferey.sutherland at gmail.com>
> > To: bdrg-members at rubyforge.org
> > Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] Community Ruby Training
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> > It looks like there is a lot of interest in doing a community ruby
> training
> > (or more).  Would anyone be available to meet next week to talk about
> this
> > and get it off the ground?  I'm available Wednesday or Friday evening.
>  We
> > could meet in Boulder or somewhere in the North Metro area based on where
> > people are located.
> >
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From prakblr at yahoo.com  Sun Oct 24 23:20:33 2010
From: prakblr at yahoo.com (Prakash N Murthy)
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 20:20:33 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] Rails app for 'Promiscuous pair programming'
Message-ID: <833679.67230.qm@web65409.mail.ac4.yahoo.com>

Hi All
Thanks for all the amazing feedback, and the general high-quality buzz following my original email!!?
I paired with Mike Gehard of Pivotal Boulder most of Saturday to work on the basics for the Rails App, and the?first version is live on Heroku!!
The code base for the app is on?GitHub?and a?Pivotal Tracker project?has been created to keep track of the functionality suggestions. The app has been built following TDD methodology with Cucumber features and rspec tests included.
Initially, I was thinking this will be an internal app for usage by the Boulder Ruby community; after speaking with Mike, I am convinced this could grow into a general purpose pairing-date-finder used through out the world, and not just by Rubyists, but by people working on any programming language! It is getting more exciting by the hour! :-)
I am planning to work on this full time this week. Do let me know if you want to pair with me on parts of the application any time.?
You are also most welcome to contribute to the project by working on it independently - there are some instructions in the?Readme of the github repository page.?
Thanks in advance!
Cheers,
Prakash N Murthy
(347) 228 3993
http://twitter.com/_prakash


      
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From mghaught at gmail.com  Sun Oct 24 23:21:05 2010
From: mghaught at gmail.com (Marty Haught)
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 21:21:05 -0600
Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] PROMISCUOUS PAIR PROGRAMMING FOR ALL!
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Hey All,

Happy to see a lot of interest in the training.  First, I'm not ready
to tackle this in the next few weeks if even in 2010.  If for some
reason that changes I'll let folks know.  Second, I suggest those that
want to get better with Ruby now attend any of the hackfest/pairing
nights that will be scheduled soon.  I'd love to see more organized
events for the community so if several of you want to join forces and
put something together, then rock on.

It would make me happy to see several alternative paths to learning
Ruby in the area and having those be readily available is great.

Cheers,
Marty

From internetoutfitters at gmail.com  Mon Oct 25 11:47:48 2010
From: internetoutfitters at gmail.com (Kelly Ehret)
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 09:47:48 -0600
Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group]  Community Ruby Training
Message-ID: <AANLkTimb7i-9P=Qt3+sr6U3d5Y_PYFy7vt31cpkxq53Z@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Jeff - everything you've outlined in your doc so far looks good from
here.  I personally would be most interested in a Rails/Web environment
related track, though I would plan to go beyond that afterward.  Seems like
that's what most agencies are looking for first and foremost whenever jobs
are posted around here as well.

The pair programming component is also appealing.  Starting with that and
moving into "training" later or the other way around would work equally well
for me.

I probably wouldn't have very much in the way of funding available, however
I would gladly return the favor by contributing to future training, and
hopefully becoming a subcontract resource for the agencies that participate.

Kelly

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> Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 20:03:05 -0600
> From: Jefferey Sutherland <jefferey.sutherland at gmail.com>
> To: bdrg-members at rubyforge.org
> Subject: Re: [Boulder Ruby Group] Community Ruby Training
> Message-ID:
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> I started some brainstorming.  Here's the Google Doc.  Let me know if you
> want edit access for your ideas and I'll open it up.
>
>
> https://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=10-FMdb9rwrT00E-2KROjA3oV3bz0A4kZxX9zBCVuMQ0&hl=en&authkey=CPDHp6gM
>
> - Jeff
>
> On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 7:14 PM, Jefferey Sutherland <
> jefferey.sutherland at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > It seems there's a demand for structured learning as well as the
> > unstructured apprenticeship learning.  There is more than one learning
> > style.  Some people need the structure of a class to get started, others
> > just need to dive in.  These two approaches can be combined to make a
> great
> > boot camp.  In the army, recruits spend time both in the classroom and
> > practicing under the guidance of DIs.
> >
> > Since this is an open effort, here's my contact info.
> >
> > irc.freenode.net: drpentode (rarely on, but I can start)
> > jefferey.sutherland at gmail.com (IM on AIM and GTalk as well)
> > Skype:  jefferey.sutherland
> > Twitter: @drpentode
> >
> > I'd be happy to register a domain, and if we don't have a pivotal
> account,
> > start with a backpack or campfire free account, or even Google docs.  I'm
> > pretty open to different methods of task tracking.
> >
> > - Jeff
> >
> > On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 4:13 PM, Charley Baker <charley.baker at gmail.com
> >wrote:
> >
> >> Thanks for the followup. :) I honestly can't do Weds or Friday this
> >> week. Depending on interest and availability is always challenging.
> >> I'd say next steps would be to get a few people to "run" the effort, I
> >> can definitely be one, come up with some ideas and illicit feedback
> >> and start socializing the idea at meetups. I would love to see this
> >> take off in this area.
> >>
> >> It's an open effort if anyone else want to chime in get involved. My
> >> contact info is:
> >>
> >> irc.freenode.net: charleyb
> >> charley.baker at gmail.com (im as well)
> >> I'm also on skype: charley.baker
> >>
> >> Marty, does bdrg have a pivotal account, and if so, do you want to add
> >> a training project? I think that's the best way to start setting up
> >> tasks.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> Charley
> >>
> >> On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 2:33 PM, Jefferey Sutherland
> >> <jefferey.sutherland at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > It looks like there is a lot of interest in doing a community ruby
> >> training
> >> > (or more).  Would anyone be available to meet next week to talk about
> >> this
> >> > and get it off the ground?  I'm available Wednesday or Friday evening.
> >>  We
> >> > could meet in Boulder or somewhere in the North Metro area based on
> >> where
> >> > people are located.
> >> > - Jeff Sutherland
> >> > _______________________________________________
> >> > Bdrg-members mailing list
> >> > Bdrg-members at rubyforge.org
> >> > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/bdrg-members
> >> >
> >>
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> To: bdrg-members at rubyforge.org
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> Please keep me in the loop on this training idea. I really need it and am
> willing to help organize it.
>
> cheers,
>
> Tim Rohde
> (720) 984-1834
>
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 4:02 PM, <bdrg-members-request at rubyforge.org>
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> >   1. Re: PROMISCUOUS PAIR PROGRAMMING FOR ALL! (Jeff & Marty)
> >      (Kelly Ehret)
> >
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 1
> > Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 16:02:38 -0600
> > From: Kelly Ehret <internetoutfitters at gmail.com>
> > To: bdrg-members at rubyforge.org
> > Subject: Re: [Boulder Ruby Group] PROMISCUOUS PAIR PROGRAMMING FOR
> >        ALL!    (Jeff & Marty)
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> > Jeff and Marty - I'd be very interested in doing a multi-week boot camp
> > sort
> > of program if either of you organize one.  I would have done mountain.rb,
> > but I couldn't swing the time off (and most of it would have been over my
> > head at this point).  I'm available next week to talk about scheduling
> > possibilities - my preference being either earlier morning or evening
> hours
> > so I can still work my 9-5...
> >
> > Thanks!
> > (Mr.) Kelly Ehret
> >
> > On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 2:41 PM, <bdrg-members-request at rubyforge.org>
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> > > Today's Topics:
> > >
> > >   1. Re: PROMISCUOUS PAIR PROGRAMMING FOR ALL! (Marty Haught)
> > >   2. Re: PROMISCUOUS PAIR PROGRAMMING FOR ALL! (Jeff Sutherland)
> > >   3. Re: PROMISCUOUS PAIR PROGRAMMING FOR ALL! (Joshua Timberman)
> > >   4. Re: PROMISCUOUS PAIR PROGRAMMING FOR ALL! (Bothari)
> > >   5. Re: PROMISCUOUS PAIR PROGRAMMING FOR ALL! (Charley Baker)
> > >   6. Community Ruby Training (Jefferey Sutherland)
> > >
> > >
> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > > Message: 1
> > > Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 22:26:00 -0600
> > > From: Marty Haught <mghaught at gmail.com>
> > > To: bdrg <bdrg-members at rubyforge.org>
> > > Subject: Re: [Boulder Ruby Group] PROMISCUOUS PAIR PROGRAMMING FOR
> > >        ALL!
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> > > > Open question to anyone in a similar vein. What do we have for
> training
> > > in the area? I would imagine basic Ruby, Rails, and other training
> would
> > be
> > > of interest and fairly valuable.
> > >
> > > As far as I know, the only public training available regularly is the
> > > Pragmatic Studio.  I fully agree that having some other alternatives
> > > would be very useful.  I have even thought about putting something
> > > together as I've done a couple private training sessions but it's a
> > > lot of work.  Furthermore, I'm not sure if I want to become a trainer
> > > as sorts but maybe it would be better for the local community if
> > > someone did.
> > >
> > > Now that I don't have conference organizing taking all of my free
> > > time, I could ponder putting together a Ruby Bootcamp program.  I was
> > > originally thinking something that met weekly in the evenings and
> > > lasted for around 6 weeks.
> > >
> > > The other thought along this line was to take on an apprentice to work
> > > with me on my next project.  Though I would only be willing to take on
> > > one, it would be very beneficial to that one developer.  Doing a Ruby
> > > Bootcamp would help more people in a shorter time frame (the
> > > apprenticeship would likely be a 3 month thing).
> > >
> > > Just thinking out loud here.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Marty
> > >
> > >
> > > ------------------------------
> > >
> > > Message: 2
> > > Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 05:55:01 +0000
> > > From: "Jeff Sutherland" <jefferey.sutherland at gmail.com>
> > > To: "bdrg" <bdrg-members at rubyforge.org>
> > > Subject: Re: [Boulder Ruby Group] PROMISCUOUS PAIR PROGRAMMING FOR
> > >        ALL!
> > > Message-ID:
> > >
> > >
> >
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> > > Before I was a full-time Ruby developer, I trained school teachers and
> > > fellow developers in web development (HTML, Javascript and Ruby).  It
> was
> > a
> > > lot of fun, and I'd like to do it again.  I would love to help put
> > together
> > > a Ruby Bootcamp.
> > >
> > > - Jeff Sutherland
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Marty Haught <mghaught at gmail.com>
> > > Sender: bdrg-members-bounces at rubyforge.org
> > > Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 22:26:00
> > > To: bdrg<bdrg-members at rubyforge.org>
> > > Subject: Re: [Boulder Ruby Group] PROMISCUOUS PAIR PROGRAMMING FOR ALL!
> > >
> > > > Open question to anyone in a similar vein. What do we have for
> training
> > > in the area? I would imagine basic Ruby, Rails, and other training
> would
> > be
> > > of interest and fairly valuable.
> > >
> > > As far as I know, the only public training available regularly is the
> > > Pragmatic Studio.  I fully agree that having some other alternatives
> > > would be very useful.  I have even thought about putting something
> > > together as I've done a couple private training sessions but it's a
> > > lot of work.  Furthermore, I'm not sure if I want to become a trainer
> > > as sorts but maybe it would be better for the local community if
> > > someone did.
> > >
> > > Now that I don't have conference organizing taking all of my free
> > > time, I could ponder putting together a Ruby Bootcamp program.  I was
> > > originally thinking something that met weekly in the evenings and
> > > lasted for around 6 weeks.
> > >
> > > The other thought along this line was to take on an apprentice to work
> > > with me on my next project.  Though I would only be willing to take on
> > > one, it would be very beneficial to that one developer.  Doing a Ruby
> > > Bootcamp would help more people in a shorter time frame (the
> > > apprenticeship would likely be a 3 month thing).
> > >
> > > Just thinking out loud here.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Marty
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Bdrg-members mailing list
> > > Bdrg-members at rubyforge.org
> > > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/bdrg-members
> > >
> > > ------------------------------
> > >
> > > Message: 3
> > > Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 19:33:17 -0600
> > > From: Joshua Timberman <joshua at opscode.com>
> > > To: Boulder Ruby <bdrg-members at rubyforge.org>
> > > Subject: Re: [Boulder Ruby Group] PROMISCUOUS PAIR PROGRAMMING FOR
> > >        ALL!
> > > Message-ID: <C6781333-5AA4-452B-AFFE-CF56A9A1DAD5 at opscode.com>
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> > > As I mentioned at the Boulder Ruby meeting Tuesday, Opscode is also
> > > interested in having Chef/Cloud focused pairing/hacking "cook offs".
> > Please
> > > let me know if you're interested in this! Do note that Opscode is based
> > in
> > > Seattle, and I'm the only one in the Denver/Boulder area. We'll be
> > looking
> > > for space for these cook offs. If you know someone/somewhere that has
> > space
> > > available, also please let me know.
> > >
> > > Pivotal Labs has kindly agreed to offer some space. We're working out
> the
> > > details but probably sometime in December. Thanks Pivotal!
> > >
> > >
> > > On Oct 22, 2010, at 5:19 PM, Prakash N Murthy wrote:
> > >
> > > > HAPPY CAPSLOCK DAY FOLKS. And now let me switch back to regular case.
> > > >
> > > > Got some terrific feedback for the email I sent earlier querying
> about
> > > the interest in regular paired programming sessions. There is a lot of
> > > interest from many people to have such sessions, and the general
> > perception
> > > is it is good to have such sessions. Here is Aaron "Tenderlove"
> > Peterson's
> > > advice - via Chad Fowler - during Mountain.rb. So"Promiscuous Pair
> > > Programming  for all" will be the mantra for this effort going forward.
> > > >
> > > > Some quick notes relating this topic:
> > > >       ? Some people are already pairing even outside of their regular
> > > work; some people are interested in getting to work on specific items
> > with
> > > others.
> > > >       ? The Boulder based companies are providing many opportunities
> > for
> > > the local Rubyists to pair:
> > > >               ? Dojo4 has the weekly Code-n-coffee event every
> > Wednesday
> > > morning.
> > > >               ? QuickLeft plans to organize a once a month hackfest
> > > during the last week of the month. There won't be one this month though
> > as
> > > they just hosted a big hackfest during Mountain.rb.
> > > >               ? Pivotal Boulder is planning a
> Pair-with-a-Pivot-evening
> > > event where a limited number of people (8 + 8) would work on open
> source
> > > projects or any personal projects, pairing with the Pivots. I am
> > > co-ordinating with Pivotal to organize this sometime in November - more
> > info
> > > later as we thrash out the details.
> > > >               ? Foraker Labs is planning a monthly hackfest -
> > tentatively
> > > planned for the second thursday of every month - to start in November
> or
> > > December. The november date (Thu Nov 11th) is not confirmed yet as it
> > > conflicts with the start of Ruby Conf in New Orleans and many of their
> > staff
> > > will be in New Orleans.
> > > >               ? There could probably be more that I am not aware of.
> > > >       ? At some point in the next 3-4 months, it would be awesome if
> we
> > > could organize aCorey Haines' Code Retreat style event in Boulder over
> > one
> > > weekend. I think its best we build up to it by having regular small
> size
> > > pair programming events at one of the numerous Coffee shops in Downtown
> > > Boulder or at the offices of one of the companies.
> > > >       ? I have added a separate sheet to the Regular Pair Programming
> > > sessions in Boulder spreadsheet with a weekly calendar to allow for
> > people
> > > to list their available time for pairing with others. Do add your
> > > availability to the spreadsheet, or inform the person whose paired
> > > programming event you will be joining.
> > > >       ? As I mentioned in the spreadsheet, I am planning to be at The
> > Cup
> > > Boulder next week - Monday to Thursday - from 5pm to 8pm; will be
> useful
> > for
> > > anyone who wants to work on Ruby Koans or try out TDD with Project
> Euler
> > > problems.
> > > >       ? The above spreadsheet seems to be a non-scalable solution for
> > the
> > > kind of promiscuous-pair-programming-for-all scenario I am thinking
> about
> > -
> > > so am considering building a Heroku-hosted Rails app to manage the
> > regular
> > > paired programming functionality. Aiming to have it up in the next
> couple
> > of
> > > weeks.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for reading this rather long email. Do let me know if you have
> > any
> > > feedback on this idea.
> > > >
> > > > Have an awesome weekend.
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > > Prakash N Murthy
> > > > (347) 228 3993
> > > > http://twitter.com/_prakash
> > > >
> > > >
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> > >
> > > - --
> > > Opscode, Inc
> > > Joshua Timberman, Technical Evangelist
> > > IRC, Skype, Twitter, Github: jtimberman
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> > >
> > > Message: 4
> > > Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 05:09:48 -0600
> > > From: Bothari <bothari at gmail.com>
> > > To: bdrg <bdrg-members at rubyforge.org>
> > > Subject: Re: [Boulder Ruby Group] PROMISCUOUS PAIR PROGRAMMING FOR
> > >        ALL!
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> > > I taught a week-long class this summer for gifted and talented kids.
> > > We used Ruby Warrior on Ubuntu systems, so a good bit of the material
> > > was too basic for a class like this.  However, we used Chris Pine's
> > > Learn To Program book, and it was a big hit.
> > >
> > > Also, to get started we needed a new version of Ruby installed on
> > > every box.  Too lazy to it myself, I made a page and had every kid
> > > copy/paste it into a terminal window.  It's a great way to get them to
> > > do something, then tell them what they're doing while it's going on.
> > > http://fairanswers.com/cbk/rvm.html
> > > Joe
> > >
> > > On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 11:55 PM, Jeff Sutherland
> > > <jefferey.sutherland at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Before I was a full-time Ruby developer, I trained school teachers
> and
> > > fellow developers in web development (HTML, Javascript and Ruby). ?It
> was
> > a
> > > lot of fun, and I'd like to do it again. ?I would love to help put
> > together
> > > a Ruby Bootcamp.
> > > >
> > > > - Jeff Sutherland
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Marty Haught <mghaught at gmail.com>
> > > > Sender: bdrg-members-bounces at rubyforge.org
> > > > Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 22:26:00
> > > > To: bdrg<bdrg-members at rubyforge.org>
> > > > Subject: Re: [Boulder Ruby Group] PROMISCUOUS PAIR PROGRAMMING FOR
> ALL!
> > > >
> > > >> Open question to anyone in a similar vein. What do we have for
> > training
> > > in the area? I would imagine basic Ruby, Rails, and other training
> would
> > be
> > > of interest and fairly valuable.
> > > >
> > > > As far as I know, the only public training available regularly is the
> > > > Pragmatic Studio. ?I fully agree that having some other alternatives
> > > > would be very useful. ?I have even thought about putting something
> > > > together as I've done a couple private training sessions but it's a
> > > > lot of work. ?Furthermore, I'm not sure if I want to become a trainer
> > > > as sorts but maybe it would be better for the local community if
> > > > someone did.
> > > >
> > > > Now that I don't have conference organizing taking all of my free
> > > > time, I could ponder putting together a Ruby Bootcamp program. ?I was
> > > > originally thinking something that met weekly in the evenings and
> > > > lasted for around 6 weeks.
> > > >
> > > > The other thought along this line was to take on an apprentice to
> work
> > > > with me on my next project. ?Though I would only be willing to take
> on
> > > > one, it would be very beneficial to that one developer. ?Doing a Ruby
> > > > Bootcamp would help more people in a shorter time frame (the
> > > > apprenticeship would likely be a 3 month thing).
> > > >
> > > > Just thinking out loud here.
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > > Marty
> > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > Bdrg-members mailing list
> > > > Bdrg-members at rubyforge.org
> > > > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/bdrg-members
> > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > Bdrg-members mailing list
> > > > Bdrg-members at rubyforge.org
> > > > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/bdrg-members
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > "There are only two industries that refer to their customers as
> > > ?users?." - Edward Tufte
> > >
> > >
> > > ------------------------------
> > >
> > > Message: 5
> > > Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 14:50:58 -0600
> > > From: Charley Baker <charley.baker at gmail.com>
> > > To: Boulder Ruby <bdrg-members at rubyforge.org>
> > > Subject: Re: [Boulder Ruby Group] PROMISCUOUS PAIR PROGRAMMING FOR
> > >        ALL!
> > > Message-ID:
> > >        <AANLkTinH_5iuuEcv6vRM+xqV3gide14C4PsGQb11tH1c at mail.gmail.com<AANLkTinH_5iuuEcv6vRM%2BxqV3gide14C4PsGQb11tH1c at mail.gmail.com>
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> > >
> > > >
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> > >
> > > Definitely something interesting to consider. I've been involved in a
> > > lot of internal company training classes, as well as some external
> > > training at conferences. I've worked with my own material and in the
> > > past year with the Ruby Koans as well. I think it would be a good idea
> > > to have a few people who are willing and able to teach classes
> > > locally. Maybe that's something we can talk about on this list or at a
> > > Bdrg meeting or two, if there's any interest.
> > >
> > >  One of my goals in Ruby has been community expansion and involvement.
> > > It would be interesting to talk to some local Java, .Net, and
> > > non-programmers who'd like to learn Ruby.
> > >
> > >  Just thinking off the top of my head anyhow.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > Charley
> > >
> > > On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 5:09 AM, Bothari <bothari at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > I taught a week-long class this summer for gifted and talented kids.
> > > > We used Ruby Warrior on Ubuntu systems, so a good bit of the material
> > > > was too basic for a class like this. ?However, we used Chris Pine's
> > > > Learn To Program book, and it was a big hit.
> > > >
> > > > Also, to get started we needed a new version of Ruby installed on
> > > > every box. ?Too lazy to it myself, I made a page and had every kid
> > > > copy/paste it into a terminal window. ?It's a great way to get them
> to
> > > > do something, then tell them what they're doing while it's going on.
> > > > http://fairanswers.com/cbk/rvm.html
> > > > Joe
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 11:55 PM, Jeff Sutherland
> > > > <jefferey.sutherland at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >> Before I was a full-time Ruby developer, I trained school teachers
> and
> > > fellow developers in web development (HTML, Javascript and Ruby). ?It
> was
> > a
> > > lot of fun, and I'd like to do it again. ?I would love to help put
> > together
> > > a Ruby Bootcamp.
> > > >>
> > > >> - Jeff Sutherland
> > > >> -----Original Message-----
> > > >> From: Marty Haught <mghaught at gmail.com>
> > > >> Sender: bdrg-members-bounces at rubyforge.org
> > > >> Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 22:26:00
> > > >> To: bdrg<bdrg-members at rubyforge.org>
> > > >> Subject: Re: [Boulder Ruby Group] PROMISCUOUS PAIR PROGRAMMING FOR
> > ALL!
> > > >>
> > > >>> Open question to anyone in a similar vein. What do we have for
> > training
> > > in the area? I would imagine basic Ruby, Rails, and other training
> would
> > be
> > > of interest and fairly valuable.
> > > >>
> > > >> As far as I know, the only public training available regularly is
> the
> > > >> Pragmatic Studio. ?I fully agree that having some other alternatives
> > > >> would be very useful. ?I have even thought about putting something
> > > >> together as I've done a couple private training sessions but it's a
> > > >> lot of work. ?Furthermore, I'm not sure if I want to become a
> trainer
> > > >> as sorts but maybe it would be better for the local community if
> > > >> someone did.
> > > >>
> > > >> Now that I don't have conference organizing taking all of my free
> > > >> time, I could ponder putting together a Ruby Bootcamp program. ?I
> was
> > > >> originally thinking something that met weekly in the evenings and
> > > >> lasted for around 6 weeks.
> > > >>
> > > >> The other thought along this line was to take on an apprentice to
> work
> > > >> with me on my next project. ?Though I would only be willing to take
> on
> > > >> one, it would be very beneficial to that one developer. ?Doing a
> Ruby
> > > >> Bootcamp would help more people in a shorter time frame (the
> > > >> apprenticeship would likely be a 3 month thing).
> > > >>
> > > >> Just thinking out loud here.
> > > >>
> > > >> Cheers,
> > > >> Marty
> > > >> _______________________________________________
> > > >> Bdrg-members mailing list
> > > >> Bdrg-members at rubyforge.org
> > > >> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/bdrg-members
> > > >> _______________________________________________
> > > >> Bdrg-members mailing list
> > > >> Bdrg-members at rubyforge.org
> > > >> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/bdrg-members
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > "There are only two industries that refer to their customers as
> > > > ?users?." - Edward Tufte
> > > > _______________________________________________
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> > > > Bdrg-members at rubyforge.org
> > > > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/bdrg-members
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ------------------------------
> > >
> > > Message: 6
> > > Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 14:33:59 -0600
> > > From: Jefferey Sutherland <jefferey.sutherland at gmail.com>
> > > To: bdrg-members at rubyforge.org
> > > Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] Community Ruby Training
> > > Message-ID:
> > >        <AANLkTin+W2Y5CJNQRphQ6-4jdMVyTHRYTqofJ=e0A5Wx at mail.gmail.com>
> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
> > >
> > > It looks like there is a lot of interest in doing a community ruby
> > training
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From jefferey.sutherland at gmail.com  Mon Oct 25 14:17:54 2010
From: jefferey.sutherland at gmail.com (Jefferey Sutherland)
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 12:17:54 -0600
Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] Community Ruby Training
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTin1nfhUYw-Qm=LnjCenh-5084AB4Q8M+E6wnsV7@mail.gmail.com>
References: <AANLkTin+W2Y5CJNQRphQ6-4jdMVyTHRYTqofJ=e0A5Wx@mail.gmail.com>
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Google tells me that someone somewhere flagged it as inappropriate.  ???  I
requested a review.  If that falls through, I'll share on Dropbox.  Not sure
why Ruby Training would be a violation of terms of service.

- Jeff

On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 11:58 AM, John Noble <gaxunil at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Jeff,
> I can't seem to access the doc, google says:
> *We're sorry. You can't access this document because it is in violation of
> our Terms of Service.
>
> *Is this possibly and edit link or something?
> odd
> -John
>
> John Noble
> Software Consulting | Web Development | Technologist
> O: 303-800-4494  M: 720-289-0275
>
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 8:03 PM, Jefferey Sutherland <
> jefferey.sutherland at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I started some brainstorming.  Here's the Google Doc.  Let me know if you
>> want edit access for your ideas and I'll open it up.
>>
>>
>> https://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=10-FMdb9rwrT00E-2KROjA3oV3bz0A4kZxX9zBCVuMQ0&hl=en&authkey=CPDHp6gM
>>
>> - Jeff
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 7:14 PM, Jefferey Sutherland <
>> jefferey.sutherland at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> It seems there's a demand for structured learning as well as the
>>> unstructured apprenticeship learning.  There is more than one learning
>>> style.  Some people need the structure of a class to get started, others
>>> just need to dive in.  These two approaches can be combined to make a great
>>> boot camp.  In the army, recruits spend time both in the classroom and
>>> practicing under the guidance of DIs.
>>>
>>> Since this is an open effort, here's my contact info.
>>>
>>> irc.freenode.net: drpentode (rarely on, but I can start)
>>> jefferey.sutherland at gmail.com (IM on AIM and GTalk as well)
>>> Skype:  jefferey.sutherland
>>> Twitter: @drpentode
>>>
>>> I'd be happy to register a domain, and if we don't have a pivotal
>>> account, start with a backpack or campfire free account, or even Google
>>> docs.  I'm pretty open to different methods of task tracking.
>>>
>>> - Jeff
>>>
>>> On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 4:13 PM, Charley Baker <charley.baker at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks for the followup. :) I honestly can't do Weds or Friday this
>>>> week. Depending on interest and availability is always challenging.
>>>> I'd say next steps would be to get a few people to "run" the effort, I
>>>> can definitely be one, come up with some ideas and illicit feedback
>>>> and start socializing the idea at meetups. I would love to see this
>>>> take off in this area.
>>>>
>>>> It's an open effort if anyone else want to chime in get involved. My
>>>> contact info is:
>>>>
>>>> irc.freenode.net: charleyb
>>>> charley.baker at gmail.com (im as well)
>>>> I'm also on skype: charley.baker
>>>>
>>>> Marty, does bdrg have a pivotal account, and if so, do you want to add
>>>> a training project? I think that's the best way to start setting up
>>>> tasks.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Charley
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 2:33 PM, Jefferey Sutherland
>>>> <jefferey.sutherland at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> > It looks like there is a lot of interest in doing a community ruby
>>>> training
>>>> > (or more).  Would anyone be available to meet next week to talk about
>>>> this
>>>> > and get it off the ground?  I'm available Wednesday or Friday evening.
>>>>  We
>>>> > could meet in Boulder or somewhere in the North Metro area based on
>>>> where
>>>> > people are located.
>>>> > - Jeff Sutherland
>>>> > _______________________________________________
>>>> > Bdrg-members mailing list
>>>> > Bdrg-members at rubyforge.org
>>>> > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/bdrg-members
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Bdrg-members mailing list
>> Bdrg-members at rubyforge.org
>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/bdrg-members
>>
>
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From charley.baker at gmail.com  Mon Oct 25 18:21:52 2010
From: charley.baker at gmail.com (Charley Baker)
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 16:21:52 -0600
Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] Community Ruby Training
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Looks like it's still TOS'd out for some reason. From what I saw
that's a good initial start. I've also set up a project on Pivotal,
and added you as well. If there's anyone else who wants to be added to
the project on Pivotal, let me know your email and I'll add you. I've
kept the project name generic as rubytraining, instead of customizing
for the Boulder/Denver areas, since there are other cities and people
that may be interested at some point.

Cheers,

Charley


On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 12:17 PM, Jefferey Sutherland
<jefferey.sutherland at gmail.com> wrote:
> Google tells me that someone somewhere flagged it as inappropriate. ???? ?I
> requested a review. ?If that falls through, I'll share on Dropbox. ?Not sure
> why Ruby Training would be a violation of terms of service.
> - Jeff
>
> On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 11:58 AM, John Noble <gaxunil at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Jeff,
>> I can't seem to access the doc, google says:
>> We're sorry. You can't access this document because it is in violation of
>> our Terms of Service.
>>
>> Is this possibly and edit link or something?
>> odd
>> -John
>>
>> John Noble
>> Software Consulting | Web Development | Technologist
>> O: 303-800-4494? M: 720-289-0275
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 8:03 PM, Jefferey Sutherland
>> <jefferey.sutherland at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I started some brainstorming. ?Here's the Google Doc. ?Let me know if you
>>> want edit access for your ideas and I'll open it up.
>>>
>>> https://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=10-FMdb9rwrT00E-2KROjA3oV3bz0A4kZxX9zBCVuMQ0&hl=en&authkey=CPDHp6gM
>>> - Jeff
>>>
>>> On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 7:14 PM, Jefferey Sutherland
>>> <jefferey.sutherland at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> It seems there's a demand for structured learning as well as the
>>>> unstructured apprenticeship learning. ?There is more than one learning
>>>> style. ?Some people need the structure of a class to get started, others
>>>> just need to dive in. ?These two approaches can be combined to make a great
>>>> boot camp. ?In the army, recruits spend time both in the classroom and
>>>> practicing under the guidance of DIs.
>>>> Since this is an open effort, here's my contact info.
>>>> irc.freenode.net: drpentode (rarely on, but I can start)
>>>> jefferey.sutherland at gmail.com (IM on AIM and GTalk as well)
>>>> Skype: ?jefferey.sutherland
>>>> Twitter: @drpentode
>>>> I'd be happy to register a domain, and if we don't have a pivotal
>>>> account, start with a backpack or campfire free account, or even Google
>>>> docs. ?I'm pretty open to different methods of task tracking.
>>>> - Jeff
>>>> On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 4:13 PM, Charley Baker <charley.baker at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for the followup. :) I honestly can't do Weds or Friday this
>>>>> week. Depending on interest and availability is always challenging.
>>>>> I'd say next steps would be to get a few people to "run" the effort, I
>>>>> can definitely be one, come up with some ideas and illicit feedback
>>>>> and start socializing the idea at meetups. I would love to see this
>>>>> take off in this area.
>>>>>
>>>>> It's an open effort if anyone else want to chime in get involved. My
>>>>> contact info is:
>>>>>
>>>>> irc.freenode.net: charleyb
>>>>> charley.baker at gmail.com (im as well)
>>>>> I'm also on skype: charley.baker
>>>>>
>>>>> Marty, does bdrg have a pivotal account, and if so, do you want to add
>>>>> a training project? I think that's the best way to start setting up
>>>>> tasks.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>
>>>>> Charley
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 2:33 PM, Jefferey Sutherland
>>>>> <jefferey.sutherland at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> > It looks like there is a lot of interest in doing a community ruby
>>>>> > training
>>>>> > (or more). ?Would anyone be available to meet next week to talk about
>>>>> > this
>>>>> > and get it off the ground? ?I'm available Wednesday or Friday
>>>>> > evening. ?We
>>>>> > could meet in Boulder or somewhere in the North Metro area based on
>>>>> > where
>>>>> > people are located.
>>>>> > - Jeff Sutherland
>>>>> > _______________________________________________
>>>>> > Bdrg-members mailing list
>>>>> > Bdrg-members at rubyforge.org
>>>>> > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/bdrg-members
>>>>> >
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Bdrg-members mailing list
>>> Bdrg-members at rubyforge.org
>>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/bdrg-members
>>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Bdrg-members mailing list
> Bdrg-members at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/bdrg-members
>

From davekapp at gmail.com  Mon Oct 25 18:23:50 2010
From: davekapp at gmail.com (David Kapp)
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 16:23:50 -0600
Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] Community Ruby Training
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTik9TkcWqFAsmNCY4Q7+wgWt808Z8Mug0jw_BWdt@mail.gmail.com>
References: <AANLkTin+W2Y5CJNQRphQ6-4jdMVyTHRYTqofJ=e0A5Wx@mail.gmail.com>
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Message-ID: <69BDDE19-B0F8-4EDD-9C98-C022594CC637@gmail.com>

Well, Google does use Python as one of their official languages, so... ;P


Dave Kapp

Sent via mobile

On Oct 25, 2010, at 12:17 PM, Jefferey Sutherland <jefferey.sutherland at gmail.com> wrote:

> Google tells me that someone somewhere flagged it as inappropriate.  ???  I requested a review.  If that falls through, I'll share on Dropbox.  Not sure why Ruby Training would be a violation of terms of service.
> 
> - Jeff
> 
> On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 11:58 AM, John Noble <gaxunil at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Jeff,
> I can't seem to access the doc, google says:
> We're sorry. You can't access this document because it is in violation of our Terms of Service.
> 
> Is this possibly and edit link or something?
> odd
> -John
> 
> John Noble
> Software Consulting | Web Development | Technologist
> O: 303-800-4494  M: 720-289-0275
> 
> 
> 
> On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 8:03 PM, Jefferey Sutherland <jefferey.sutherland at gmail.com> wrote:
> I started some brainstorming.  Here's the Google Doc.  Let me know if you want edit access for your ideas and I'll open it up.
> 
> https://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=10-FMdb9rwrT00E-2KROjA3oV3bz0A4kZxX9zBCVuMQ0&hl=en&authkey=CPDHp6gM
> 
> - Jeff
> 
> 
> On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 7:14 PM, Jefferey Sutherland <jefferey.sutherland at gmail.com> wrote:
> It seems there's a demand for structured learning as well as the unstructured apprenticeship learning.  There is more than one learning style.  Some people need the structure of a class to get started, others just need to dive in.  These two approaches can be combined to make a great boot camp.  In the army, recruits spend time both in the classroom and practicing under the guidance of DIs.
> 
> Since this is an open effort, here's my contact info.
> 
> irc.freenode.net: drpentode (rarely on, but I can start)
> jefferey.sutherland at gmail.com (IM on AIM and GTalk as well)
> Skype:  jefferey.sutherland
> Twitter: @drpentode
> 
> I'd be happy to register a domain, and if we don't have a pivotal account, start with a backpack or campfire free account, or even Google docs.  I'm pretty open to different methods of task tracking.
> 
> - Jeff
> 
> On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 4:13 PM, Charley Baker <charley.baker at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the followup. :) I honestly can't do Weds or Friday this
> week. Depending on interest and availability is always challenging.
> I'd say next steps would be to get a few people to "run" the effort, I
> can definitely be one, come up with some ideas and illicit feedback
> and start socializing the idea at meetups. I would love to see this
> take off in this area.
> 
> It's an open effort if anyone else want to chime in get involved. My
> contact info is:
> 
> irc.freenode.net: charleyb
> charley.baker at gmail.com (im as well)
> I'm also on skype: charley.baker
> 
> Marty, does bdrg have a pivotal account, and if so, do you want to add
> a training project? I think that's the best way to start setting up
> tasks.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Charley
> 
> On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 2:33 PM, Jefferey Sutherland
> <jefferey.sutherland at gmail.com> wrote:
> > It looks like there is a lot of interest in doing a community ruby training
> > (or more).  Would anyone be available to meet next week to talk about this
> > and get it off the ground?  I'm available Wednesday or Friday evening.  We
> > could meet in Boulder or somewhere in the North Metro area based on where
> > people are located.
> > - Jeff Sutherland
> > _______________________________________________
> > Bdrg-members mailing list
> > Bdrg-members at rubyforge.org
> > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/bdrg-members
> >
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Bdrg-members mailing list
> Bdrg-members at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/bdrg-members
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Bdrg-members mailing list
> Bdrg-members at rubyforge.org
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From jefferey.sutherland at gmail.com  Mon Oct 25 21:05:23 2010
From: jefferey.sutherland at gmail.com (Jefferey Sutherland)
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 19:05:23 -0600
Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] Community Ruby Training
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Here it is on Dropbox.  It's read-only and a really rough brainstorm.  I
can't seem to find a place to upload files in Pivotal Tracker.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11413259/Ruby%20Training%20Ideas.odt

If you're interested in this project, don't forget to let Charley know so he
can add you to the tracker.

- Jeff

On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 4:21 PM, Charley Baker <charley.baker at gmail.com>wrote:

> Looks like it's still TOS'd out for some reason. From what I saw
> that's a good initial start. I've also set up a project on Pivotal,
> and added you as well. If there's anyone else who wants to be added to
> the project on Pivotal, let me know your email and I'll add you. I've
> kept the project name generic as rubytraining, instead of customizing
> for the Boulder/Denver areas, since there are other cities and people
> that may be interested at some point.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Charley
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 12:17 PM, Jefferey Sutherland
> <jefferey.sutherland at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Google tells me that someone somewhere flagged it as inappropriate.  ???
>  I
> > requested a review.  If that falls through, I'll share on Dropbox.  Not
> sure
> > why Ruby Training would be a violation of terms of service.
> > - Jeff
> >
> > On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 11:58 AM, John Noble <gaxunil at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Jeff,
> >> I can't seem to access the doc, google says:
> >> We're sorry. You can't access this document because it is in violation
> of
> >> our Terms of Service.
> >>
> >> Is this possibly and edit link or something?
> >> odd
> >> -John
> >>
> >> John Noble
> >> Software Consulting | Web Development | Technologist
> >> O: 303-800-4494  M: 720-289-0275
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 8:03 PM, Jefferey Sutherland
> >> <jefferey.sutherland at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I started some brainstorming.  Here's the Google Doc.  Let me know if
> you
> >>> want edit access for your ideas and I'll open it up.
> >>>
> >>>
> https://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=10-FMdb9rwrT00E-2KROjA3oV3bz0A4kZxX9zBCVuMQ0&hl=en&authkey=CPDHp6gM
> >>> - Jeff
> >>>
> >>> On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 7:14 PM, Jefferey Sutherland
> >>> <jefferey.sutherland at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> It seems there's a demand for structured learning as well as the
> >>>> unstructured apprenticeship learning.  There is more than one learning
> >>>> style.  Some people need the structure of a class to get started,
> others
> >>>> just need to dive in.  These two approaches can be combined to make a
> great
> >>>> boot camp.  In the army, recruits spend time both in the classroom and
> >>>> practicing under the guidance of DIs.
> >>>> Since this is an open effort, here's my contact info.
> >>>> irc.freenode.net: drpentode (rarely on, but I can start)
> >>>> jefferey.sutherland at gmail.com (IM on AIM and GTalk as well)
> >>>> Skype:  jefferey.sutherland
> >>>> Twitter: @drpentode
> >>>> I'd be happy to register a domain, and if we don't have a pivotal
> >>>> account, start with a backpack or campfire free account, or even
> Google
> >>>> docs.  I'm pretty open to different methods of task tracking.
> >>>> - Jeff
> >>>> On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 4:13 PM, Charley Baker <
> charley.baker at gmail.com>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thanks for the followup. :) I honestly can't do Weds or Friday this
> >>>>> week. Depending on interest and availability is always challenging.
> >>>>> I'd say next steps would be to get a few people to "run" the effort,
> I
> >>>>> can definitely be one, come up with some ideas and illicit feedback
> >>>>> and start socializing the idea at meetups. I would love to see this
> >>>>> take off in this area.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> It's an open effort if anyone else want to chime in get involved. My
> >>>>> contact info is:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> irc.freenode.net: charleyb
> >>>>> charley.baker at gmail.com (im as well)
> >>>>> I'm also on skype: charley.baker
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Marty, does bdrg have a pivotal account, and if so, do you want to
> add
> >>>>> a training project? I think that's the best way to start setting up
> >>>>> tasks.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Cheers,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Charley
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 2:33 PM, Jefferey Sutherland
> >>>>> <jefferey.sutherland at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>> > It looks like there is a lot of interest in doing a community ruby
> >>>>> > training
> >>>>> > (or more).  Would anyone be available to meet next week to talk
> about
> >>>>> > this
> >>>>> > and get it off the ground?  I'm available Wednesday or Friday
> >>>>> > evening.  We
> >>>>> > could meet in Boulder or somewhere in the North Metro area based on
> >>>>> > where
> >>>>> > people are located.
> >>>>> > - Jeff Sutherland
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From justin.smestad at gmail.com  Tue Oct 26 17:59:16 2010
From: justin.smestad at gmail.com (Justin Smestad)
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 15:59:16 -0600
Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] Mongo Boulder, Jan 21, Call for presenters
Message-ID: <AANLkTinxc7-m8=WTeem8BayBg2vDZ1uWTXEPnCmvQbjh@mail.gmail.com>

I am helping organize the Mongo Boulder single day conference tentatively
scheduled for January 21 (may change depending on the chosen venue). We
wanted to get the ball rolling on a call for proposals.

The topics obviously revolve around MongoDB and can range from "Intro to
MongoDB" & "learn from my mistakes" to more advanced topics like "MongoDB
with Hadoop" & "Sharding Internals". Please email me if you are interested.


Regards,
Justin Smestad
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justin.smestad at gmail.com
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From mgehard at pivotallabs.com  Tue Oct 26 23:07:28 2010
From: mgehard at pivotallabs.com (Mike Gehard)
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 21:07:28 -0600
Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] Upcoming Riak talk @pivotalboulder
Message-ID: <AANLkTimnSaTUWJ9QFDnfeROa6pnfdG_Gg9J8SGnk1aB_@mail.gmail.com>

Good evening all,

Pivotal Boulder is happy to host a 2 hour talk on Riak(
https://wiki.basho.com/display/RIAK/Riak) by two of the Basho developers.
Please join us on November 10th from 7-9pm at the Pivotal Boulder office
(1701 Pearl Street) for pizza, beers and geek talk.

Here is an outline of the talk:

1) Riak from a High Level

Riak is a fault tolerant, highly-scalable key/value store being used by
companies like Mozilla, Mochi Media, Comcast and Vibrant Media
for applications that generate revenue. This talk will focus on the origins
of Riak, the high level design decisions, its architecture, and how it fits
into the overall database space.

2) Schema Design in Riak

Using a non-relation key/value store for your application can be
very powerful in many ways. But wrapping your head around how to model
your data can, at first, be a bit daunting. This talk with cover what
to consider when constructing your data model and will examine what features
Riak offers and how they compare to those that you might be used to when
working with your data in a relational world.

Please use this link to RSVP for the talk so we know about how many people
are coming:
http://plancast.com/p/2rtv

Please spread the word to Rubyist and non-Rubyists alike...

Mike

-- 
Mike Gehard
Pivotal Labs Boulder
(970) 471-9835 | (303) 857-5980
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From cfis at savagexi.com  Thu Oct 28 16:24:07 2010
From: cfis at savagexi.com (Charlie Savage)
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 14:24:07 -0600
Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] Zerista Job Posting
Message-ID: <4CC9DBE7.5080009@savagexi.com>

Hi everyone,

We are looking to hire a Rails developer in Denver.  I've attached the 
job description below for anyone interested.

Thanks,

Charlie
CTO Zerista
http://www.zerista.com


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Zerista (www.zerista.com) is a funded Colorado startup that provides 
cutting-edge social event software for consumers, conferences and trade 
shows.  We have a product in the marketplace and satisfied, paying 
customers.  This is a unique opportunity to work on an innovative social 
media platform at a rapidly growing, well-positioned startup.

We are looking for a Rails software engineer who will immediately become 
a key member of our team.  You'll play a major role in the continued 
development of our core application as we add new features and grow our 
customer base.  Upon joining the company, you will be expected to 
contribute to design decisions and produce simple and elegant working code.

You must have excellent design skills, strong object oriented 
programming skills, experience with Ruby on Rails and in-depth knowledge 
of relational databases (preferably PostgreSQL).  You should be 
well-versed in source control management systems, such as Subversion or 
Git.  Experience with iPhone and/or Android development would be 
considered a major plus.

You must like working on small teams, having lots of responsibility and 
thrive on tight deadlines. The position will start as a one month, 
on-site trial-contractor job that will then turn into a full-time 
position.   Last, you must live in or near Denver, Colorado.
Required Skills:

     * Bachelor?s or Master?s degree in computer science
     * Excellent design skills ? you?ll be responsible for building 
important parts of our product
     * Strong object oriented programming skills
     * Significant experience with Ruby on Rails
     * In-depth knowledge of relational databases (preferably PostgreSQL)
     * Well-versed in source control management systems, such as 
Subversion or Git.
     * Must live in or near Denver, Colorado